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I'RKSS  OF  LEROY  S.  ATWOOD,  STOCKTON,  CAL.,  V.  S.  A. 


The  human  race  has  been 
Smarching    upward    from 


BffMles^a&vmtlialSie  fi^        of  history. 

^^.^-S^^'^^^^'^^^^l^^^J^^^^  what  law  has  that 
_^^^^]^!i[c?^^ti^!^^mighty  procession  of  the  ages  taken 
^'^Ifeplace  ?  ^  Science  and  history  both 

^.^^^-^^Jahswer   that  man  has  advanced, 

^Vf  jy^  step  by  step,  from  the  base  and 
Rigjiorant  rule  of  his  lower  brain  organs, 
^^.^Jupward  to  the  beneficent  dominion  of 
his  higher  faculties.    On  a  chart  of  the 
^^^  human  head,  with  lines  drawn  from 
the' base  to  the  top,"we  may  trace  all  those  extended 
phases  in  the  historic  growth  of  man.^- — 

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THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 


The  same  law  of  Evolution 
carried  the  earth  itself  through 
many  steps  of  preparation  for  the 
noble  advent  of  the  human  race. 
From  the  geologic  age  of  Fishes 
up  to  that  in  which  man  appeared, 
we  may  trace  a  succession  of 
animals  with  higher  and  higher 
types  of  brain.  At  last  man 
came  to  crown  the  organic  series 
with  a  brain  so  complex  and  per- 
fect that  it  dominates  all  other 
parts  of  his  physical   as  well  as  his  mental  life. 

Seven  Great  Forces  were  concerned  in  those 
vast  movements  of  early  creation.  Gravity  marked 
elliptic  orbits  for  the  path  of  worlds.  Electricity  and 
magnetism  polarized  and  thus  rotated  these  worlds  on 
their  axes.  Chemic  force,  heat,  and  light  built  up  the 
solid  rocks  and  arranged  their  wide  spread  layers.  And 
the  vital  force  crowded  the  sea  and  land  with  the  myriad 
tribes  of  animal  and  plant  life.  These  forces  held  the 
same  relations  to  each  other  then  as  now.  No  new 
forces  were  either  brought  into  existence  or  destroyed. 
The  materials  which  were  used  had  always  existed  in 
one  form  or  another.  For  Matter,  Ether,  and  Spirit, 
alike  possess  eternal  forces. 

Seven  Civilizations.  Six  great  forms  of  civiH- 
zation  have  thus  far  been  masters  of  the  world.  But 
each  of  these  was  a  fragment.  It  expressed  only  a  few 
of  the  faculties  and  wants  of  man.  Not  one  of  them 
reached  to  a  complete  or  symmetrical  unfolding.  Not 
one   of  them  contained  all   the  elements  of  permanent 


HISTORIC    GROWTH. 


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t)  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

growth.  Let  the  reader  study  the  chart  of  Historic 
Growth  on  the  fifth  page,  and  he  will  see  what  parts 
of  the  brain  ruled  each  of  these  great  forms  of  social  life. 
And  in  the  smaller  type  he  will  find  the  chief  charac- 
teristics which  marked  each  phase 

The  nations  of  Europe  and  America  now  stand  at  the 
opening  of  the  seventh  civilization.  The  new  age  of 
Harmonism  will  be  the  complete  and  crowning  form. 
Its  new  institutions  will  give  to  all  the  faculties  of  man 
a  full  and  worthy  expression.  It  will  thus  secure  the 
conditions  of  universal  happiness. 

The  Christian  civilization  planted  its  roots  in  the 
fertile  soil  oi  the  Greek  and  the  Roman.  Here  it  re- 
ceived the  abundant  endowment  of  literature,  art  and 
wealth.  It  started  forth  in  the  direction  of  spiritual  life 
and  brotherhood.  But  the  church  soon  turned  its  back 
on  the  brilliant  promises  of  a  kingdom  of  universal 
righteousness  on  this  earth.  It  made  no  attempt  to 
fulfil  the  noble  promises  of  the  Hebrew  prophets  and 
of  Christ.  Instead  of  that  it  gave  us  dogmas,  sects, 
poverty,  charities  and  monopolies. 

Christianity  became  master  of  Europe,  of  western 
Asia  and  of  north  Africa.  What  did  it  show  for  this? 
It  brought  forth  the  Middle  Ages,  a  thousand  years 
of  intellectual  stupor,  of  moral  twilight,  and  of  social 
degradation.  We  may  well  ask  "  If  Christianity  can  be 
called  successful  when,  after  a  thousand  years'  experience 
of  it  we  find  the  mass  of  the  population  in  Christendom 
struggling  for  bare  existence,  like  ravenous  brutes  for 
in  their  scramble  for  food?" 

New  Methods  are  Needed.  With  eighteen 
centuries  in  which  to  do  its  work,  the  Christian  Church 


TRUE   SOCIAL   SCIENCE.  7 

Stands  today  helpless  before  the  great  evils  that  curse 
the  world.  Like  the  statesmen  themselves,  the  church 
has  no  remedies.  It  stands  dumb  before  the  problems 
of  labor  and  capital,  of  crushing  poverty  and  wide-spread 
crime.  Surely  we  need  a  new  conception  of  religious 
truth  and  of  its  application  to  the  daily  affairs  of  life. 

The  lower  faculties  of  the  brain  ruled  the  first  ages 
of  the  world.  Then,  as  time  went  on,  higher  and  higher 
faculties  came  into  power.  Thus  the  nations  have 
passed  upward  through  the  phases  of  national  Childhood 
and  Youth.  In  Europe  and  America  they  have  now 
entered  the  phase  of  Maturhy.  In  this  phase,  reason 
and  science  must  decide  the  great  questions  of  social  or 
national  life.  Experience  is  no  longer  sufficient  as  a 
guide. 

Social  Science  does  something  more  than  to 
merely  study  the  lessons  of  past  human  experience. 
For  it  seeks  to  find  the  natural  laws  for  society  and  the 
model  for  all  institutions  in  the  constitution  of  man. 
Anything  that  does  not  do  this  is  not  a  true  social 
science  and  does  not  deserve  the  name.  Let  us  now 
make  a  brief  analysis  and  we  shall  see  that  we  may  have 
a  social  science  as  exact  and  definite  as  arithmetic  or 
any  other  branch  of  human  knowledge.  We  shall  base 
the  argument  upon  propositions  which  become  self- 
evident  when  once  they  are  stated.  Let  the  reader  test 
their  truth  by  attempting  to  make  contrary  statements 
and  he  will  see  that  these  would  involve  a  palpable  ab- 
surdity. Our  method  of  approaching  these  problems  is 
new,  but  it  is  the  only  scientific  and  conclusive  method 
the  only  practical  and  final  solution  of  these  great 
questions. 


8  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

§The  Institutions  of  Society 
are  a  natural  outgrowth  from  the  facul- 
ties of  man.  For  example — the  organs 
of  Memory,  Attention,  and  Language 
create  the  desire  for  knowledge  and 
lead  us  to  organize  a  system  of  schools 
where  useful  facts  and  truths  may  be 
easily  learned.  These  organs  also  im- 
pel  us  to  preserve  public  records,  with 
history  and  literature.  The  mental  faculties  of  appetite 
and  of  the  other  senses  in  that  group  lead  men  to  unite 
so  that  they  may  cultivate  the  earth  for  food;  they 
induce  men  to  form  railway  and  other  companies  which 
may  transport  this  food  to  different  parts  of  the  country; 
and  they  lead  us  to  form  agricultural  societies  which 
may  spread  a  knowledge  of  the  best  methods  of  food- 
culture.  The  passion  of  Sex-love  leads  to  the  institu- 
tion of  marriage,  and  with  Parental  love  originates  the 
family.  The  family  itself  increases  to  a  tribe,  and  this 
at  last  becomes  a  nation.  The  Religious  faculties  re- 
quire some  kind  of  religious  institutions;  the  organs  of 
Rulership  demand  fixed  forms  of  government  and  public 
life;  the  faculties  of  Labor  can  only  be  satisfied  by 
organized  methods  of  industry;  those  of  Wealth  require 
a  public  treasury  with  just  economic  conditions;  the 
organs  of  Commerce  demand  public  highways;  the  or- 
gans of  Perception  lead  to  organized  workshops,  factories 
and  fine  arts;  those  of  Science  lead  to  the  higher  insti- 
tutions of  learning;  while  those  of  Culture  require  con- 
ditions for  universal  improvement  and  happiness.  All 
this  shows  that  back  of  each  institution  stands  some 
mental  faculty  or  group  as  its  producing  cause. 


THE  SOCIAL   MODEL. 


10  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

The  same  reasoning  applies  to  the  details.  It  is 
evident  that  the  organ  of  Memory  in  each  member  leads 
them  to  select  one  person  as  secretary  or  recorder,  that 
he  may  remember  for  the  society  by  keeping  their 
records.  In  doing  this  work  he  is  filling  a  natural  func- 
tion of  memory  as  much  as  when  he  is  remembering 
or  noting  a  fact  privately  for  himself.  And  so,  too, 
the  Treasurer  fills  a  natural  function  of  the  organ  of 
Economy  when  he  is  caring  for  the  public  funds.  If  the 
members  had  no  organs  of  memory  and  economy,  then 
they  would  never  think  of  having  a  secretary  or  treas- 
urer. They  would  not  be  conscious  of  any  such  wants. 
Thus  each  officer  really  corresponds  to  a  leading  mental 
faculty.  There  is  a  double  phase  of  action  for  every 
mental  faculty.  One  phase  relates  to  our  private,  in- 
dividual lives.  The  other  phase  relates  to  our  work 
with  others  in  the  collective  actions  of  society.  This 
latter  is  expressed  through  the  duties  of  the  officers. 
These  two  phases  are  each  given  side  by  side  in  the 
engraved  Model  of  Society. 

Even  in  Phrenology  and  Psychology,  with  their 
extended  lists  of  faculties,  we  find  that  they  have  over- 
looked and  omitted  all  these  functions  of  the  mental 
faculties  in  producing  social  wants  and  in  leading  to 
institutions.  Yet  their  maps  apparently  covered  the 
entire  head. 

Our  Conscious  V/ants  always  start  in  the 
brain.  If  we  should  cut  off  the  nerves  that  connect  the 
stomach  \/ith  the  brain,  then  we  should  not  be  conscious 
that  we  needed  food.  We  should  not  be  hungry.  And 
so  of  all  parts  of  the  body.  These  parts  and  organs  are 
all  represented  in  corresponding  parts  of  the  brain.     In 


THE   NATURAL    LAWS.  11 

representing  the  organs  of  the  brain  by  officers  in 
society,  we  also  provide  for  all  of  the  bodily  wants.  A 
complete  list  of  the  faculties  will  therefore  give  us  a 
complete  list  of  wants  which  must  be  provided  for  in  the 
structure  and  departments  of  society.  We  cannot  get 
such  a  complete  list  by  a  study  of  history  and  human 
experience.  For  in  past  times  no  perfect  institutions  or 
systems  of  government  have  existed.  In  their  study  we 
are  only  learning  from  very  imperfect  copies. 

Our  classification  gives  twelve  mental  groups  and 
thirty-six  faculties.  The  brain-centers  correspond  to 
presiding  officers,  and  counting  in  these,  we  would  have 
thirty-nine  officers  and  twelve  departments.  Of  course 
each  of  these  departments  includes  subdivisions  with 
leaders  for  each,  as  shown  in  the  extended  tables.  In 
past  times  every  step  in  social  growth  was  an  attempt 
to  represent  some  of  the  social  wants.  With  science  to 
guide  us,  we  may  now  carry  out  to  completeness  that 
which  men  have  been  doing  in  a  blind  and  fragm'entary 
way  from  the  earliest  ages. 

The  Supreme  Authority  is  the  Constitution 
of  Man.  The  natural  laws  are  a  sufficient  guide  for 
officers  and  departments  as  they  work  together  in  carry- 
ing on  the  collective  activities  of  society.  For  when 
men  act  in  a  public  capacity,  in  filling  political  or  social 
functions,  they  are  using  the  very  same  faculties  as  in 
private  life.  And  these  faculties  do  not  acquire  or  need 
new  laws  of  action  so  that  they  can  fill  the  public 
functions.  The  methods  of  brain  action,  the  way  its 
organs  work  together,  furnishes  a  perfect  model  for  con- 
ducting a  deliberative  body  of  men.  We  shall  see  in 
another    place    that    the    brain-organs    work    like    an 

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12  THE    BOOK    OF    FIFE. 

organized  body  of  men,  with  officers  and  members. 
Our  rights  arise  from  each  faculty  of  the  mind,  and  as 
the  faculties  are  the  same  in  all  persons,  of  either  sex 
and  of  all  races,  therefore  all  have  the  same  classes  of 
rights  and  are  adapted  to  the  same  great  forms  of  life 
and   government. 

Basic  Truths.  It  is  a  self-evident  truth  that 
each  group  of  mental  faculties  must  have  its  own  special 
laws.  Thus  the  natural  laws  that  govern  memory  must 
be  quite  different  from  those  that  rule  ambition.  And 
each  of  these  laws  has  both  a  physical  and  a  spiritual 
side.  A  statement  of  these  basic  truths  may  be  so 
elaborate  as  to  fill  many  pages.  But  for  convenience 
we  may  condense  them  on  one  page  as  in  the  Twelve 
Foundations.  In  signing  the  Covenant  the  members  of 
the  Harmonist  Church  agree  to  unite  in  establishing 
these  truths  in  private  and  public  life. 

Criterion  of  Truth  As  the  lungs  of  all  men 
are  adapted  to  breathe  the  air,  so  the  intellectual  faculties 
of  all  men  are  adapted  by  nature  to  perceive  and  under- 
stand the  laws  which  rule  our  own  being,  and  those 
which  relate  us  to  the  varied  objects  of  the  universe. 

Every  truth,  every  law,  bears  a  fixed  relation  to  the 
mental  constitution  of  man.  Therefore,  when  it  is  once 
fully  understood,  it  must  appear  essentially  the  same 
to  all  minds.  It  is  the  work  of  science  to  take  the 
phenomena  of  life,  whether  these  belong  to  our  physical 
or  spiritual  experience,  and  by  classifying,  comparing 
and  testing  the  phenomena,  to  discover  the  natural  laws 
under  which  they  were  produced.  Then  we  can  under- 
stand the  facts  and  also  see  their  bearing  upon  our 
happiness.     In  order  to  be  scientific,    the  proofs  must 


CIVILISM    DEFICIENT. 


13 


always  be  of  such  a  character  that  all  persons  can  under- 
stand them  alike.  We  must  not  impose  any  doctrine 
or  belief  upon  any  person. 

The  laws  of  man's  spiritual  and  physical  constitution 
furnish  us  a  supreme  authority.  These  laws  are  within 
each  one  of  us.  The  authority  is  not  external.  But  we 
can  and  must  have  an  external  statement  of  these  laws, 
in  order  that  we  may  agree  and  act  in  unity. 

The  Statesmen  have 
long  told  us  that  "The 
wants  of  man  are  the  natu- 
ral foundations  of  society." 
But  they  had  no  standard 
of  completeness.  In  a  dis- 
connected way  they  multi- 
plied institutions  and  officers 
by  the  hundreds.  Thus  we 
find  state  and  municipal  gov- 
ernments, legislators,  senates, 
councils,  cabinets,  agricultu- 
ral societies,  literary  associa- 
tions, schools,  clubs,  churches,  Sunday  schools,  lodges, 
fraternities,  art  societies,  railway  companies,  &c. ,  &c. 
Each  of  these  has  a  board  of  officers,  from  three  up  to  forty. 
Yet  with  all  this  complication  they  have  represented 
less  than  one-half  of  the  faculties  and  wants!  The  whole 
higher  and  nobler  half  of  the  brain  found  no  organic 
expression  in  the  institutions  of  civilized  society.  Let 
the  reader  compare  this  engraved  head  of  Civilism  with 
the  model  of  Society,  and  he  will  vividly  realize  the 
vast  deficencies  of  civilism. 


14  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

Instead  of  all  the  multiplicity  of  civilism,  our  plan 
in  harmonism  presents  a  single  organization  which 
covers  the  whole  ground  with  not  one-tenth  the  number 
of  parts  and  officers. 

The  Harmonist  Church  or  Band  provides 
a  very  simple  plan  as  a  school  of  preparation  for  the 
new  social  order.  Instead  of  having  three  officers 
for  each  department  the  church  has  only  one.  The 
twelve  officers  are  the  Pastor  and  Matron,  Receptor 
and  Seeress,  Recorder  and  Costumist,  Conductor  and 
Sanatist,  Justice  and  Elector,  Engineer  and  Economist. 
There  is  also  a  Marshal.  The  plan  of  the  church  is 
fully  given  at  the  end  of  this  Book,  with  blanks  for 
the  names  of  members.  And  this  plan  is  in  com- 
plete harmony  with  the  great  laws  of  social  growth 
as  proved   by  science. 

The  Five  Ranks  of  society  are  the  Band  or 
Town,  the  County,  the  State,  the  Nation,  and  the 
Internation.  All  these  have  the  same  constitution,  the 
same  number  of  departments  and  officers,  because  the 
wants  of  all  are  alike  in  kind.  They  only  differ  in  the 
extent  of  territory  and  the  amount  of  details.  It 
requires  the  same  kind  of  knowledge  and  skill  to 
build  a  road  through  a  town  that  it  does  to  build 
one  that  extends  across  a  nation.  One  is  built  by 
the  Town  Engineer  and  the  other  by  the  National 
Engineer.  The  titles  of  the  two  central  officers  are 
the  only  ones  changed  for  these  five  ranks,  as  shown 
in  this  table,  which  also  gives  the  election  periods. 

Band  or  Town.        County.  State.  Nation.  Internation. 

Each  year.  3  years.  5  years.  7  years.  12  years. 

Presidor.         Count  Governor.        President.      Prince. 

Presidee.         Countess.       Governess.      Presidess.      Princess. 


THE    RECEPTUM.  15 

The  Time  of  Elections  is  set  for  the  ninth 
day  of  March,  the  officers  entering  upon  their  duties 
the  21st,  that  is,  at  the  vernal  equinox.  All  regular 
officers  are  elected,  or,  impeached  and  deposed,  by 
a  direct  and  free  vote  of  those  they  are  to  officially 
represent.  Nominating  conventions  are  held  thirteen 
days  previous  to  each  election.  These  are  presided 
over  by  the  two  Centers,  the  Recorder,  Curator,  and 
Marshal,  who  already  hold  office  in  the  Town,  County, 
State  or  Nation,  as  the  case  may  be. 

In  the  transition  steps  from  the  form  of  the  church 
to  that  of  the  complete  social  organism,  each  individual 
church  has  simply  to  add  the  other  twenty-six  officers 
to  its  list,  as  shown  in  the  Model  of  Society.  It  also 
organizes  the  departments  in  a  definite  manner.  It 
then  ceases  to  be  a  church  and  is  represented  in  the 
religious  department  of  the  Band. 

The  Receptum.  It  is  one  function  of  the 
Receptor  and  the  Cultist,  acting  in  connection  with 
the  officers  proper  for  each  case,  to  receive,  examine, 
and  prove  all  proposed  measures,  inventions  or  dis- 
coveries which  may  affect  the  public  welfare,  and  to 
formulate  these  so  that  the  presiding  officers  shall  duly 
submit  them  to  a  vote  of  the  people  for  acceptance  or 
rejection. 

Sex  in  Office.  The  mental  faculties  are  dual, 
like  the  two  sexes.  In  each  group  it  is  found  that  one 
of  the  leading  faculties  predominates  in  the  character  of 
woman.  This  law  determines  the  rank  and  work  of  the 
two  sexes.  In  the  table  of  departments  one-half  of 
the  offices  and  labors  are  given  to  man  and  the  com- 
plementary half  to  woman.     Each  office  and  labor  has 


16  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

its  masculine  and  its  feminine  side,  for  the  mental 
differences  of  the  two  sexes  correspond  to  the  physical. 

In  the  Formation  of  a  Band  the  members 
are  placed  in  each  department  or  tribe  according  to 
their  characters,  tastes  and  capacities.  The  members 
in  each  group  or  department  exercise  the  right  to  accept 
or  reject  applicants  for  membership.  For  every  person 
has  a  natural  right  to  associate  with  others  who  are 
congenial.  If  dissatisffed  with  any  group  or  society,  a 
member  may,  without  censure,  leave  it  for  another. 
Each  member  on  joining  a  Band  signs  the  Covenant, 
and  so  does  each  youth  at  the  age  of  twelve. 

Ownership.  The  unity  of  the  race  requires 
unselfish  motives  in  both  private  and  public  conduct. 
The  good  of  each  must  be  secured  through  the  good 
of  all.  All  life  is  a  perpetual  interchange.  Our  true 
life  is  through  that  of  others.  Each  person  must  seek 
his  own  welfare  by  directly  securing  that  of  others.  Of 
course  we  have  just  as  much  as  if  we  worked  wholly  or 
directly  for  ourselves.  And  in  addition  to  this  we  have 
their  good  will,  their  afiection,  and  their  company. 
The  law  of  ownership  must  be  in  harmony  with  these 
truths  of  social  unity.  It  requires  Collective  Owner- 
ship for  all  things  ot  collective  use,  and  Private 
Ownership    for    things    of   private,    or    personal    use. 

That  is,  ALL  OWNERSHIP  IS  BASED  UPON  PRODUC- 
TION AND  USE.  Anything  used  by  one  person  alone 
should  be  owned  by  that  person.  And  anything  used 
by  two  or  more  persons  should  be  owned  collectively 
by  them.  Thus  the  two  or  three  hundred  persons 
who  occupy  a  mansion  own  it  collectively,  with  com- 
mon rights  in  the  dining  room,  parlor  and  class  room. 


RIGHTS    OF    OWNERSHIP.  17 

But  each  of  them  has  appropriate  clothing,  and  one  or 
more  private  and  enclusive  rooms  in  the  maftsion.  For 
these  are  things  which  must  be  adapted  to  each  in- 
dividual character.  A  highway  that  only  reaches 
through  a  town,  is  owned  by  the  people  of  that 
town.  One  that  extends  through  a  nation  has  a 
national  ownership.  Thus  property  may  be  owned 
by  the  Member,  the  Band,   the   State,  or   the    Nation. 

The  Distribution  and  Exchange  of  all 
products  must  be  according  to  actual  wants,  present  or 
prospective.  As  all  members  are  usefully  employed, 
this  is  a  safe  and  just  basis  of  exchange.  The  tastes 
and  judgment  of  each  member  must  be  consulted  in 
estimating  the  wants  of  that  member,  so  that  each  one 
will   have   a   free   choice. 

We  now  know  of  a  certainty  that  the  only  way  in 
which  it  was  possible  for  any  civilization  to  develope 
was  for  different  men  to  devote  themselves  to  different 
trades  and  then  to  exchange  their  products  with  each 
other.  Under  this  law  of  evolution  we  find  that  the 
carpenter  builds  as  good  houses  for  others  as  he  does 
for  his  own  family;  the  shoemaker  makes  as  good  shoes 
for  others  as  for  himself  And  so  of  every  trade.  The 
whole  community  gets  equal  benefits  from  each  man's 
special  skill.  We  may  well  ask  why  the  man  who 
happens  to  have  financial  talent  should  be  exempt  from 
this  natural  law.  No  good  or  honest  reason  has  ever 
been  given,  and  therefore  we  require  that  the  financier 
should  not  work  chiefly  for  his  own  interests,  but 
equally  for  those  of  the  whole  society.  The  mutual 
dependence  of  parts  and  trades  increases  with  every 
advance  in  civilization. 


18 


THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 


DEPARTMENTS  OF  SOCIETY. 


CENTERS— President  and  Presidess;    Marshal. 


CULTURE. 
RECEPTOR, 
Amity. 

CULTIST. 

Reform. 

Dramatist 

Manners. 

SCIENCE. 
SCIENTIST, 
Ijaws. 
Seeress, 
Esthetics. 
Artizan^ 
Inventions. 

LETTERS. 
RECORDER, 
Records. 
Curator, 
Publication. 
Musician, 
Literature. 

ARTS. 

DESIGNER, 
Graphics. 

COSTUMIST, 

Costume. 

Furnisher^ 

Furnishing. 


RELIGION. 
PASTOR, 
Worship. 
Minister, 
Interchanges. 
Courier^ 


MARRIAGE. 
RITEMAN, 
Rites. 
Matron, 
Heredity. 
Waiter, 
Luxuries. 

FAMILISM. 
CONDUCTOR, 
Schools. 
Guardian, 
Amusements. 
Server, 
Service. 

HOME. 
PURVEYOR, 

Foods. 

Mistress, 

Housework. 

Sanatist, 

Sanitation. 


RULERSHIP. 
RULER, 
Leaders. 
Elector, 
Elections. 
Ensign, 
Displays. 

LABOR. 

JUSTICE, 

Judgment. 

Organizer, 

Employment. 

Watchman, 

Environs. 

WEALTH. 

FOREMAN, 

Factories. 

Economist, 

Economics. 

Keeper, 

Stores. 

COMMERCE. 
ENGINEER, 
Roads. 
Merchant, 
Distribution. 
Tillman, 
Fertility. 


THE    TWELVE    FOUNDATIONS.  19 


^        ■    The  twelve  objects  of  Harmonism  are 
^^  briefly  stated  as  follows: 

^ist.  Harmonic  Homes  for  all, 
3  Public  Sanitation,  and  a  Spiritual 
-Culture  of  the  Senses. 
^^  2nd.  A  structure  ot  Society 
Tbased  on  the  twelve  groups  of  hu- 
:^  man  wants,  with  its  employments  in 

"  harmonic  order. 
^^3rd.     The  grouping  of  members 
J^in  the  twelve  departments  accord- 
--^^^!'i)f^}pg  to  their  characters,  tastes,  and 
•  ^^''*-^~^j:apacities. 
^4th-T  Dual  w'ork^nd  offices  for  the  two  sexes,  with 
marriage  based  on  love  and  adaptation. 

5th.  Inspiration  united  with  the  methods  of  Science 
as  the  measure  of  all  truth. 

6th.  The  diffusion  of  knowledge,  and  our  unity 
with  the  spiritual  and  physical  cycles. 

7th.  The  responsive  unity  of  our  life  with  all  hu- 
manity and  with  the  I^ife  of  the  Universe. 

8th.  The  systematic,  daily  culture  of  the  mental 
faculties,  in  all  the  schools,  through  appropriate  studies, 
plays  and  labors,  with  a  true  care  for  children. 

9th.  Organized  Industries  and  universal  employ- 
ment, securing  to  all  members  the  full  average  results  of 
their  labor. 

loth.  Universal  Wealth  with  Collective  Ownership 
tor  all  things  of  collective  use,  and  Private  Ownership  for 
things  of  private  or  personal  use. 

nth.  The  distribution  and  exchange  of  all  products 
according  to  actual  wants,  present  or  prospective. 

1 2th.  All  Officers  chosen  by  Election,  with  the  laws 
of  man's  nature  for  authority,  and  through  these  laws 
the  attainment  of  complete  freedom  and  happiness  for  the 
human  Race. 


20  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

The  Twelve  Gates  of  the  ideal  City  open  into 
as  many  departments,  where  twelve  kinds  of  work  are 
carried  on.  Each  department  is  filled  by  people  whose 
natural  talents  and  training  fit  them  for  that  kind  of 
employment.  There  is  a  place  for  every  kind  of  talent, 
and  each  person  is  assisted  to  find  his  appropriate  place. 
The  twelve  departments  are  divided  into  sub-groups,  so 
as  to  include  all  the  varieties  of  work  necessary  to  make 
up  the  complex  life  of  society.  And  not  only  the  forms 
of  the  architecture,  but  all  other  external  conditions  are 
molded  so  as  to  be  in  harmony  with  the  character  and 
tastes  of  the  people  in   each  department. 

The  houses  and  factories  are  not  massed  and  crowded 
in  extensive  blocks,  like  the  suffocating  cities  of  Chris- 
tendom, but  each  one  is  surrounded  by  cultivated 
grounds,  gardens,  trees,  and  shrubbery.  The  factories 
are  within  a  few  minutes'  walk  of  the  mansions  where 
their  workers  reside. 

The  arrangement  of  departments  in  the  city  is  copied 
from  that  of  the  brain,  and  it  enables  them  all  to  respond 
and  co-operate  with  each  other  in  a  perfectly  natural 
manner.  And  this  also  means  that  they  have  the  high- 
est degree  of  dispatch,  economy  and  convenience,  in  all 
their  operations.  The  outward  life  and  work  of  the  city 
reflects  those  laws  which  form  the  mward  life  of  man. 
The  New  Jerusalem  is  not  only  a  symbol  of  great  truths, 
but  it  is  also  the  perfect  model  for  all  cities  in  the  new 
order  of  life. 

Each  department  is  separated  from  the  next  by  a 
street,  as  shown  by  the  dark  lines.  Then  another  street 
runs  through  the  center  of  each  one.  The  twelve  central 
streets  are  named  after  the  twelve  first  princes  of  Israel. 


THE    IDEAL    GiTY. 


21 


22  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

The  Temple.  The  great  spiritual  laws  of  our 
nature  must  be  embodied  in  the  structure,  the  plan  and 
the  colors  of  our  temples  and  mansions.  The  geo- 
metric laws  teach  us  how  each  form  and  curve  affects 
the  mind.  And  the  other  mental  laws  show  us  how 
the  arrangements,  the  colors,  and  the  forms  of  the 
various  rooms  may  be  made  in  harmony  with  the  laws 
of  our  nature.  Art  is  but  that  higher  unfolding  of 
nature  which  takes  place  through  man.  "Architecture 
is  the  material  expression  of  the  wants,  the  faculties 
and  the  sentiments  of  the  age  in  which  it  is  created." 
In  these  words  Owen  Jones  expresses  what  all  archi- 
tects very  well  know.  And  from  this  truth  we  know 
that  a  new  social  order  and  civilization  requires  a  new 
style  of  architecture  to  be  in  harmony  with  its  methods 
of  life. 

The  Temple  of  Solomon  was  a  copy  of  the  Taber- 
nacle in  the  wilderness,  only  twice  as  large.  The 
symbolism  used  in  these  partly  represented  the  old  and 
incomplete  dispensation.  For  example,  those  buildings 
as  a  whole  had  straight  lines,  without  curves,  the 
physical  without  the  spiritual.  The  outer,  middle,  and 
inner  court  of  Solomon's  Temple  formed  a  trinity,  but 
with  only  one  focus,  the  Naos  or  Holy  of  Holies. 
This  was  the  west  focus,  representing  the  Motus  in  the 
brain.  The  women  could  enter  the  outer  court,  but 
could  go  no  farther.  The  men  might  stand  in  the 
middle  court,  but  only  the  priests  could  enter  the  Holy 
place.  In  the  new  Jerusalem  John  '*saw  no  Naos," 
there  was  to  be  no  longer  any  secret  ceremonies,  any 
esoteric  teachings.  Henceforth  all  these  were  to  be 
published   to   the   world. 


ARCHITECTURE. 


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24  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

Symphonies  of  Food.  Every  one  of  the 
senses,  and  indeed  every  mental  faculty  has  its  own 
special  scale  of  harmonies.  Its  proper  objects  of  action 
can  be  arranged  in  a  series  of  respondent  parts,  like 
the  notes  of  music,   like  its  thirds,   fifths  and   octaves. 

For  example,  we  place  the  different  kinds  of  food 
together  in  a  certain  order,  and  their  odors  and  flavors 
excite  a  sense  of  harmony.  Placed  in  another  order, 
the  same  kinds  of  food  may  be  discordant  or  repug- 
nant, though  cooked  equally  well.  Thus  strawberries 
and  cream  are  minor  fifths;  applesauce  flavored  with 
cinnamon  is  a  minor  third;  with  nutmeg  it  is  a  major 
third.  Bread  excites  the  religious  faculties  and  nour- 
ishes all  the  mental  realm  from  the  higher  side.  Every 
kind  of  food  has  a  specific  mental  effect;  it  stimulates 
one  faculty  more  than  it  does  another.  Except  certain 
kinds,  like  wheat,  which  are  synthetic  or  general  in 
their  effect.  Here  is  a  new  world  of  pleasures  and  of  life 
opened  before  us.  Instead  of  your  mongrel  "dinners," 
we  have  great  symphonies  of  food,  as  worthy  in  their 
way,  as  the  works  of  the  great  song  masters.  And  in 
every  department  of  work  or  pleasure  we  find  definite 
principles  of  harmony  with  new  and  noble  results. 

The  Chart  of  Symphonies  exhibits  the  more  im- 
portant of  these  sense-harmonies  in  sounds,  in  odors, 
flavors,  and  food.  Each  of  these  is  placed  on  the  facul- 
ty to  which  it  belongs.  The  faculties  of  the  Will  are 
affected  by  the  series  of  chromatic  tones  which  form  the 
BASE  in  music;  the  Affections  are  affected  by  the  scale 
in  SOPRANO,  and  the  Intellect  by  that  in  the  baritone, 
now  Tenor.  We  can  tell  the  chords,  odors  and  flavors 
by   comparison   with  those   of  the   sounds. 


ODORS    AND    FLAVORS. 


25 


'  26  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

Marriage.  The  polarity  of  the  sexes  finds  its 
most  intense  expression  in  the  high  and  enduring 
attraction  of  Marriage.  The  mental  force  of  sex-love 
has  its  focus  of  intensity  in  the  group  of  Sexation,  but 
it  originates  from  and  permeates  every  part  of  the 
mental  and  physical  system. 

The  permanence  of  sex -love  must  be  secured  by 
carefully  teaching  youth,  of  either  sex,  the  physical  and 
mental  laws  of  sex-harmony  as  derived  from  laws  of 
polarity;  by  giving  the  youth  opportunity  to  make  an 
intelligent  choice  of  mates;  and  by  surrounding  them 
after  marriage  with  conditions  which  are  favorable  to 
its  perpetuity  and  perfection.  The  Riteman  and  Matron 
are  the  leaders  in  securing  these  conditions,  in  each 
society. 

The  ceremonies  of  marriage  are  presided  over  by 
both  the  Pastor  and  Matron,  with  the  Riteman  as 
assistant.  The  records  of  these  are  kept  in  the  depart- 
ment of  marriage. 

Conditions  of  Heredity.  Society  must  give 
to  all  prospective  parents  the  best  conditions  of  heredity, 
so  that  the  forming  structure  of  the  child  shall  be  per- 
fect, mentally  and  physically.  Private  effort  can  never 
secure  and  maintain  these  conditions.  In  every  child, 
society  has  rights  no  less  than  the  parents. 

An  organic  being  resembles  its  parents  with  such 
variations  as  are  induced  by  the  temporary  activity  of 
special  organs  or  functions  in  them  during  its  prenatal 
existence,  and  also  such  as  are  caused  by  the  external 
influences  which  bear  upon  it  after  birth. 

All  impressions  made  upon  the  mind  and  body  of 
the  mother  during  the  prenatal  phase  are  transmitted, 


HEREDITY^  27 

in  a  greater  or  less  degree,  to  those  of  the  child.  If 
the  parents  exercise  their  higher  faculties  during  this 
period,  the  child  will  be  superior  in  mental  endow- 
ments. If  they  exercise  the  lower  faculties  chiefly,  it 
will  be  inferior.  The  law  of  Heredity  places  within 
our  voluntary  control  a  powerful  instrument  for  human 
exaltation.  It  is  for  the  vital  interests  of  society  that 
all  parents  should  have  the  favorable  conditions  which 
these  laws  demand.  Both  the  parents  and  society  are 
responsible  for  the  organization  of  every  child.  They 
can  make  it  good  or  bad  as  they  choose. 

The  central  truths  of  evolution  are  those  which 
belong  to  this  subject  of  heredity.  For  in  the  forms 
of  living  beings  the  great  processes  of  growth  and  the 
steps  of  increasing  complexity  are  displayed  in  the 
most  striking  manner.  Indeed  evolution  is  not  more 
important  when  it  seeks  to  unravel  the  past  than  it  is 
when  it  forecasts  the  future  conditions  and  life  of  man. 

Names  and  Character.  Every  sound  has  a 
natural  meaning  of  its  own,  and  thus  every  word  has 
its  own  character  and  vitality.  Therefore  we  should 
name  a  child  according  to  its  character.  A  child,  or  a 
grown  person  has  as  much  right  to  a  choice  in  the 
matter  of  having  an  appropriate  name,  as  they  have 
in  regard  to  clothing  or  pursuits. 

A  name  may  act  either  as  a  blessing  or  as  a  curse. 
It  may  degrade,  or,  it  may  elevate  the  wearer.  Half 
of  the  names  given  in  Christendom  are  blank  lies,  and 
their  owners  despise  the  cognomens  they  wear.  When 
persons  become  members  of  the  Bands  in  Harmonism, 
each  is  given  a  new  name,  unless  the  one  they  already 
have  is  appropriate.     Of  course  this  changing  of  names 


28  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

is  perfectly  legal  and  has  been  done  by  many  great  and 
good  men,  such  as  Siddartha,  Erasmus,  the  poet  Robert 
Burns,  Washington  Irving,  Humboldt,  U.  S.  Grant, 
George  Eliot  and  many  others.  No  one  could  accuse 
these  people  of  evil  intentions  or  motives.  They  simply 
had  a  little  more  conscience  in  the  matter  than  the 
general   public. 

In  the  Vesona  or  Universal  Language,  a  personal 
name  contains  three  syllables.  The  first  of  these  in- 
dicates the  intellectual  character;  the  middle  syllable 
shows  the  social,  and  the  last  syllable  the  industrial 
character.  The  new  language  permits  the  forming  of 
several  million  of  these  names.  Of  course  every  person 
can  also  have  a  family  name.  But  a  mother  should 
have  quite  as  much  a  right  to  perpetuate  her  name 
though  her  offspring,  as  the  fathers  have  claimed  on 
their  side  of  the  house. 


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'l^^Jr:^  SKechanism  of  the'SfCindr^ — 

^:  jhe  most  wonderful  of  all 
living  structures  is  the  human 
brain.j  Yet  it  was  the  lastjne 
^irTnaturc  to  yield  its  secrets  to 
^  M  questiouing '  iatellect  of  mau._We 
jiay  sjudy  its  elements  from  the  arch/ at 
;:the  head  of  this  chapter.  For  the  brain 
-^'  vnfJ^^^L^  '^^ss  of  microscopic  fibres  or  tubules 
^^'pr  iR  ^vWch  terminate  in  cells.  They  are  here 
'  ..^^2^^^  75^  diameters,  t  A  fair  est  imate 
gives^at  least  u200,oomoo  of  these  ceUsjn  each  hem- 
isphere of  the  brain;^^;,---'-— 


30  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

In  our  mental  telegraph,  the  cells  are  the  batteries 
and  the  fibres  are  the  wires  for  transmitting  the  mes- 
sage,  the  swift  currents  of  thought,  feeling  and  will. 

The  brain  of  man  is  the  great  Tree  of  Life,  spoken  of 
by  the  ancient  poets  and  seers  of  all  nations.  Its  twelve 
groups  of  organs  bear  twelve  kinds  of  fruit.  And 
through  the  phases  of  childhood,  youth,  and  maturity,  it 
brings  forth  these  fruits  in  succession.  In  more  than  a 
hundred  passages  of  the  Bible,  the  conduct  and  feehngs 
of  men  are  spoken  of  as  fruit.  And  through  the  lan- 
guage or  literature  of  all  nations  are  scattered  abundant 
figures  of  speech  based  upon  an  instinctive  sense  of  this 
great  truth. 

In  every  living  organ,  whether  in  plant  or  animal, 
the  basic  plan  of  structure  is  that  of  a  leaf  or  tree. 
That  is,  a  central  tube  or  veins,  with  branches  and  sub- 
divisions which  terminate  in  cells.  The  human  brain 
and  spinal  cord  is  the  highest  exemplification  of  this 
great  tree-plan.  And  it  is  as  truly  a  tree  as  any  palm 
or  pine  that  ever  flourished. 

All  that  is  sweet,  noble,  and  true,  in  the  private  life 
of  man  or  in  the  public  history  of  nations,  has  been  the 
fruit  of  this  tree.  The  great  poems  of  the  ages  have 
been  its  luxuriant  blossoms;  the  perputual  aspirations 
of  man  have  been  the  freighted  breath  of  its  odorous 
bloom,  and  the  incoming  ages  shall  gather  and  taste 
the  richness  of  its  immortal  fruitage. 

The  spinal  cord  is  the  trunk  of  this  great  tree.  Its 
roots  are  the  nerves  of  feeling  and  motion  branching  out 
over  the  body.  The  roots  of  a  tree  are  formed  on  the 
same  general  plan  as  those  parts  which  reach  up  into 
the   air.       They   have   the   opposite   polarity. 


NERVOUS   STRUCTURE. 


31 


Khvoits 


32  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

On  each  side  of  the  tree  of  life  is  the  great  river  of 
life.  The  rivers  of  the  earth  have  the  same  plan  as  a 
tree,  because  they  are  channels  of  liquid  circulation. 
Let  us  lay  a  man  down  with  his  head  to  the  north,  and 
his  arms  stretched  to  the  west  and  to  the  east.  The 
river  of  life  has  its  four  heads  in  the  four  chambers  of  the 
heart,  the  two  auricles  and  the  two  ventricles,  shown  in 
the  engraving.  The  branches  of  this  river  pass  upward 
to  the  head,  "the  land  of  gold,"  eastward  to  the  left, 
and  westward  to  the  right  arm  and  lung.  But  the 
greatest  of  all  the  branches,  "the  River,  or  Phrath," 
are  the  aorta  and  vena  cava,  reaching  southward  to  the 
trunk  and  lower  limbs. 

All  parts  of  the  body  are  instruments  for  expressing 
the  mind  or  soul.  The  body  and  the  soul  are  united 
at  every  part  by  close  relations  of  responsive  sympathy. 
Spirit  and  matter  are  united  m  every  tissue,  every  cell. 
We  must  therefore  study  mind  and  body  in  connection. 

Three-fold  Functions.  In  the  human  body 
three  kinds  of  organs  carry  on  the  unceasing  work  of 
life.  Some  are  engaged  in  taking  the  elements  of  Air, 
Water  and  Food,  and,  after  changing  the  form  of  these, 
they  carry  them  to  the  various  parts  of  the  body,  to 
sustain  its  action  and  to  build  up  its  wasted  tissues. 
The  organs  which  do  this  work  constitute  the  Nutritive 
System.  These  also  include  the  power  to  produce  an 
entirely  new  and  independent  organism,  like  that  of  the 
parents.  This  division  includes  the  stomach,  liver, 
pancreas,  intestine,  heart,  lungs,  kidneys,  and  the  pelvic 
organs.  The  organs  of  this  division  are  central  in 
position  when  compared  with  the  motive  and  nervous 
system,   in  man  and  the  lower  animals. 


34  THE    BOOK    OP^    LIFE. 

Another  kind  of  organs  consist  of  bundles  of  delicate 
tubules,  which  carry  messages  to  and  from  all  parts  of 
the  body,  and  center  in  the  brain  and  other  collections 
of  nerve  cells.  These  organs  form  the  Nervous  System 
with  its  three-fold  functions  of  Thinking,  Feeling  and 
Volition. 

A  third  class  of  organs  are  concerned  in  moving  us 
about  from  place  to  place,  in  performing  the  many  tasks 
of  labor,  and  in  the  lighter  movements  of  play.  These 
organs  are  the  muscles,  bones  and  ligaments,  or  Motive 
System.  The  bones  also  form  a  frame  work  for  the 
body  as  well  as  levers  of  movement. 

Any  true  definition  of  life  must  include  this  three-fold 
division  of  its  powers.  Thus  Life  is  not  a  single  prin- 
ciple or  quality.  It  is  a  three-fold  complexity,  even  if 
we  study  the  very  simplest  of  living  things,  like  the 
ameba,  the  yeast  plant,  or  the  organic  cell.  In  each  of 
these  we  shall  find  these  complex  powers  and  changes. 

In  our  chart  of  the  Nervous  System  we  see  the  great 
bundle  of  nerves,  the  Spinalis  or  spinal  cord,  reaching 
down  along  the  back  and  its  branching  nerves  extend- 
ing outward  to  every  part.  Reaching  upward  to  the 
brain,  these  nerves  enter  the  two  brain  centers,  the 
Motus  and  Sensus.  From  these  centers  the  nerves 
radiate  in  all  directions  and  terminate  near  the  surface 
of  the  brain  in  the  mass  of  cells  which  compose  the 
convolutions.  This  is  shown  still  better  in  the  full  page 
Plan  of  the  Brain. 

Each  mental  organ  therefore,  consists  of  cells  at  the 
surface  of  the  brain  and  of  fibres  which  extend  from 
these  to  one  of  the  brain  centers.  The  functions  gradu- 
ally change  as  we  pass  from  one  place  to  another  on  the 


NERVES,S2C£lkl£222^       35 

surface.  But  for  convenience  of  study  we  often  divide 
them  by  heavy  lines  as  in  the  various  charts. 

The  nerves  are  divided  into  those  of  Sensation, 
which  connect  the  skin  and  organs  of  sense  with  the 
brain,  and  those  of  Motion,  which  reach  the  various 
muscles  of  the  body.  These  motor  nerves  connect  with 
the  Motus,  and  the  sensor  nerves  with  the  Sensus. 
Thus  it  is  the  Sensus  which  receives  the  impressions 
that  have  come  in  from  the  various  parts  of  the  body 
on  the  nerves  of  sense.  But  when  we  send  a  command 
of  the  will  down  to  the  muscles  to  make  them  move, 
the  impulse  goes  from  the  motus.  Below  the  motus 
and  sensus  is  the  Centron,  the  great  center  through 
which  the  brain  acts  on  the  body  and  the  body  on  the 
brain.  This  part  was  once  called  the  "medulla  ob- 
longata," or  oblong  marrow,  a  name  which  did  not 
at  all  express  its  functions. 

The  functions  of  nutrition,  the  heart,  lungs,  stomach, 
etc.,  are  controlled  by  nerve  centers  which  extend  along 
the  trunk,  and  back  of  these  organs.  The  largest  of 
these  centers  is  the  Solaris  or  solar  plexus.  Its  right 
and  left  parts  are  just  back  of  the  stomach  and  the  liver. 

The  right  and  left  hemispheres  of  the  brain  are 
united  by  transverse  bands  of  fibers  or  commissures. 
The  corpus  callosum  connects  the  upper  parts,  and 
smaller  bands  connect  the  centers.  The  hemispheres 
of  the  cerebellum  are  united  by  the  pons  varolii,  simply 
marked  Pons  in  the  engraving.  Its  new  name  is  Tu- 
berum.  The  front  and  back  of  the  hemispheres  are 
united  by  the  superior  and  inferior  longitudinal  com- 
missures. These  latter  are  not  shown  in  our  engrav- 
ings here. 


S6  THE    BOOK    OP^    LIFE. 

How  the  Brain  Operates.  The  human 
brain  is  constructed  on  the  mathematical  plan  of  an 
ellipse.  It  therefore  has  two  focal  points  of  action,  the 
motus  and  the  sensus.  It  has  also  two  great  lines  of 
construction  and  movement.  These  lines  are  the  major 
and  the  minor  axis.  We  can  understand  these  if  w^e 
compare  the  plan  of  the  brain  with  the  diagram  of  an 
ellipse  in  the  lower  corner  of  the  chart.  The  major 
axis  extends  from  the  back  to  the  front  and  connects 
the  two  centers.  The  minor  axis  is  vertical  and  it  is 
the  balancing  line  of  all  the  faculties. 

In  any  case,  the  mathematical  analysis  of  any  curve 
in  the  brain  or  the  body  will  give  us  the  general  law 
of  the  organs  which  form  that  curve.  Geometry  de- 
scribes the  properties  of  the  ellipse.  It  is  not  formed 
around  one  center  like  the  circle.  The  ellipse  is  pro- 
duced from  two  focal  points,  as  MO  and  SE.  These 
radiate  both  attractive  and  repulsive  forces.  In  drawing 
this  curve,  suppose  the  pencil  is  moving  from  A  forward 
to  V.  It  is  moving  away  from  SE  and  nearer  to  the 
focus  MO.  In  other  words,  the  repulsion  of  SE  is 
increasing  and  the  attraction  of  MO  is  increasing.  This 
continues  till  the  point  of  the  pencil  reaches  N.  Then 
the  reverse  takes  place  as  it  moves  on  to  B.  The  forces 
are  equal  along  the  minor  axis,  but  they  vary  at  all 
other  points. 

A  section  of  the  brain  shows  that  it  contains  four 
great  elliptical  planes,  three  of  them  vertical  and  one 
of  them  horizontal.  Those  in  the  right  and  in  the  left 
hemisphere  are  of  course  alike  in  functions,  so  that  we 
really  have  but  to  consider  the  relations  of  three  ellipses. 
The  united  action  of  the  two  hemispheres  takes  place 


BRAIN    CURRENTS. 


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38  THE   BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

on  the  double  middle  ellipse.  The  horizontal  ellipse  is 
seen  to  cut  the  other  two  at  right  angles,  hence  it  has 
the  same  focal  points. 

Three  Great  Currents  of  nerve  force  sweep 
around  the  brain  elHpses.  They  flow  from  cell  to 
cell,  and  taking  in  their  path  all  the  principal  organs, 
they  awaken  or  excite  these  faculties  in  a  definite  order. 

A  large  part  of  all  the  impressions  received  through 
the  senses  are  conveyed  along  the  fibres  to  the  Motus 
and  Sensus.  On  our  Chart  of  Brain  Currents  we  may 
trace  the  course  and  effects  of  these  currents  around 
the  brain.  The  arrows  show  the  direction  of  the 
currents. 

From  the  Sensitive  group  in  front  of  the  ear,  the 
current  sets  forward  toward  the  Perceptives  at  Form 
and  Color.  It  then  curves  upward,  and  crossing  the 
horizontal  current  at  Mem.  it  flows  over  backward 
and   downward. 

The  currents  of  the  horizontal  ellipse,  starting  for- 
ward from  Reverence,  at  R,  meet  the  upward  mov- 
ing current  of  the  vertical  ellipse,  at  Mem.  The 
currents  cross  each  other  here,  and  a  part  of  all  the 
impressions  composing  the  currents  are  here  stored 
and  retained.  This  crossing  point  is  the  organ  of 
Memory.  At  no  other  place  could  Memory  be  so 
located   as   to   store   all   impressions. 

Moving  still  onward,  the  horizontal  current  crosses 
that  of  the  middle  vertical  ellipse,  at  Att.  This  is 
the  organ  of  Attention,  and  the  crossing  here  makes 
this  the  focal  point  of  the  whole  intellect,  the  center 
of  intellectual  consciousness.  The  current  goes  on 
from   right   to   left   around   the   entire   head. 


COURSE   OF   CURRENTS.  39 

At  points  in  the  back  of  the  head,  corresponding 
to  M  and  Att.  in  front,  there  is  a  crossing  of  currents. 
These  points  are  the  organs  of  EquaHty  and  Liberty. 
This  latter  faculty  makes  us  demand  room  for  expan- 
sion; it  is  a  point  for  the  dispersion  of  force  in  all 
directions.  At  the  front  brain,  Attention  concen- 
trates force  from  all  directions.  At  Mobility  a  part 
of  the  currents  pass  to  the  body,  and  thence  make 
their  exit  from  the  system. 

All  of  the  principal  organs  of  the  brain  are  located 
on  the  lines  of  these  ellipses.  So  that  wherever  an 
impression  may  be  made  on  the  brain,  or  an  action 
may  be  started,  it  will  be  carried  in  these  currents  to 
Memory,  Attention,  Reason,  and  Inspiration.  We 
are  thus  made  conscious  of  every  mental  action,  and 
can  reason  about  its  relations. 

Other  Curves.  The  ellipse  is  the  great  curve 
upon  which  the  brain  is  constructed.  But  it  is  not 
by  any  means  the  only  curve  which  we  find  in  the 
human  form.  The  organs  and  signs  of  Sexlove  in  the 
brain,  the  face,  and  the  body,  form  elliptical  curves; 
the  Parental,  filial  and  some  of  the  intellectual,  form 
parabolic;  the  Ambitious  form  hyperbolic;  and  the 
Reasoning  and  Religious  form  epicycloidal  curves. 

The  Epicycloid  forms  a  prominent  part  of  our 
mental  structure.  This  is  the  curve  upon  which  all  of 
the  planets  and  suns  move  through  space.  In  the 
brain  a  vertical  range  of  organs,  including  Inspiration, 
Kindness,  Faith,  Love,  Hope,  Stability,  and  Dignity, 
are  located  upon  this  curve.  These  give  us  the  widest 
possible  range  of  relations  so  far  as  our  feelings  or 
affection  are  concerned. 


40  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

We  can  now  understand  how  the  brain  operates. 
Let  us  suppose  that  a  fly  ahghts  on  the  skin  of  the 
neck.  This  irritates  the  nerves  which  terminate  in 
the  skin,  and  a  message  is  at  once  carried  along  the 
nerves  up"  to  the  sensus.  From  this  point  the  mes- 
sage passes  forward  to  the  motus  and  down  to  the 
cells  of  feehng  or  Sensation.  We  now  know  that  an 
impression  has  been  made  on  us,  and  this  first  step 
is  called  a  Sensation,  as  marked  in  the  picture.  The 
message  then  goes  forward  from  cell  to  cell.  As  it 
does  this,  we  perceive  that  the  cause  of  the  disturb- 
ance is  a  fly,  and  we  know  where  the  little  intruder 
has  placed  himself.  This  second  step  of  brainwork  is 
called  a  Perception.  The  waves  of  the  message  flow 
on  upward  through  the  cells  of  memory  and  reason. 
We  now  remember  all  about  what  kind  of  things  flies 
are,  and  we  think  about  the  way  to  get  rid  of  them. 
Now  the  currents  move  still  up  and  over  backward, 
exciting  the  cells  of  desire  and  volition  or  will.  Then 
we  make  up  our  minds  to  do  something.  The  cells 
of  volition  send  a  message  down  through  the  sensus 
to  the  motus,  where  it  is  joined  by  one  which  had 
come  from  perception.  Both  of  these  go  together 
down  the  front  of  the  spinal  cord  and  along  a  motor 
nerve  to  the  muscles  of  the  arm  and  hand,  as  you 
see  in  the  picture.  They  make  the  muscles  contract 
and  we  raise  up  our  hand  and  drive  away  the  little 
invader.  The  nerve-currents  must  pass  through  all  of 
these  circuits  in  order  to  accomplish  the  small  act  ol 
brushing   ofl"  the   fly. 

In  a  state  of  health,  the  eye,  the  ear,  the  skin  and 
other    organs    of   Sense    always    tell  the  truth.       They 


PLAN   OF   THE   BRAIN. 


41 


42 


THE   BOOK    OF   LIFE. 


send  into  the  brain  correct  reports  of  the  impressions 
which  they  have  received.  But  in  combining  these 
impressions  and  in  forming  judgments,  the  faculties 
of  reason  may  make  great  mistakes.  But  these  are 
not  "Illusions  of  the  Senses."  The  senses  do  not 
deceive  us.  The  old  philosophers  were  mistaken  in 
this  matter.  If  they  had  analyzed  the  work  of  the 
senses  and  compared  it  with  the  part  that  reason  or 
judgment  does  in  a  mental  operation,  then  they  would 
have  seen  that  the  fault  lies  with  the  latter.  If  our 
physical  senses  deceive  us,  then  our  spiritual  senses 
do   the   same,   and   to   the   same  extent. 

Minor  Currents.  There 
are  many  minor  currents  in  the 
brain,  for  they  start  at  any 
organ  which  is  the  point  of 
excitement,  and  spread  more 
or  less  in  all  directions.  Every 
organ,  when  in  action,  must 
therefore  excite  its  neighbors, 
these  waves  establishing  a  uni- 
versal sympathy  among  the 
organs,  strong  in  proportion  to 
their  nearness.  Hence,  facul- 
ties which  are  similar  to  each 
other  have  adjacent  locations.  If  Friendship  and 
Aversion  were  side  by  side,  then  the  more  our 
Friendship  were  excited  in  loving  a  friend,  the  more 
would  Aversion  be  aroused  to  repel  him.  But  these 
organs  are  located  in  opposite  regions  of  the  brain, 
and  the  waves  are  greatly  modified  in  passing  from 
one   to   the   other. 


TRUTH    OF   BEAUTY.  43 

Beauty  of  the  Form.  The  curves  of  the 
head,  face,  and  body  seldom  terminate  abruptly,  but 
gracefully  blend  with  each  other,  like  the  organs  of 
the  brain.  The  number  and  perfect  arrangement  of 
these  curves  give  to  the  human  form  its  wonderful 
beauty,  so  far  surpassing  that  of  all  other  physical 
objects  that  we  can  not  conceive  of  anything  more 
beautiful;  and  our  highest  inspirations  attribute  the 
same  form  to  beings  in  realms  of  existence  more 
exalted   than   our   own. 

Truth  of  Beauty.  The  brief  analysis  through 
which  we  have  conducted  the  reader  proves  that  the 
laws  of  beauty  in  form  are  a  part  of  our  physical 
structure.  Those  old  philosophers  who  supposed  that 
Beauty  depends  merely  upon  individual  tastes  or 
customs,  have  been  very  much  mistaken.  The  highest 
beauty  of  the  form  indicates  the  highest  perfection  of 
structure  and  function.     Beauty  is  both  truth  and  utility. 

A  homely  face  may  have  many  of  the  higher  facul- 
ties well  developed,  and  express  the  goodness  which 
comes  from  these,  but  it  can  not  belong  to  a  com- 
plete and   well-rounded   character. 

The  angular  character  is  really  much  better  adapted 
to  a  discordant  and  defective  civilization  than  a  more 
symmetrical  character  would  be.  It  sometimes  hap- 
pens that  beautiful  persons  become  perverted;  and 
many  persons  have  been  called  handsome  who  were 
really  lacking  in  the  higher  indications  and  elements 
of  beauty. 

In  the  lowest  of  the  animals,  the  simplest  and 
fewest  of  the  geometric  curves  prevail.  The  curves 
become   more   numerous   and   complex   as   we    ascend 


44  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

the  scale  of  life  until  we  reach  man.  The  divine 
beauty  of  the  human  form  is  expressed  through  one 
hundred  and  forty-four  of  these  curves,  and  these  are 
duplicated  in  its  bi-lateral  symmetry.  Thirty-six  of 
these  curves  belong  to  the  head  and  face.  The  human 
form  exhausts  the  possibilities  of  form-beauty  in  our 
solar  system.  There  is  no  higher  curve  than  the 
ellipse  upon  which  a  rounded  body,  as  the  brain  of 
necessity  must  be,  could  be  constructed.  And,  as  we 
have  already  seen,  all  of  the  other  great  curves  are 
included  in  its  structure  We  therefore  know,  from 
the  rigid  laws  of  mathematics,  that  man  can  never  be 
supplanted  on  the  earth  by  any  being  of  a  nobler 
form.  Man  is  the  only  being  on  the  earth  who  is 
rythmically  balanced  against  the  collective  forces  of  the 
universe.  He  alone  can  understand  and  put  himself 
in  complete  harmony  with  these  forces  and  thus  secure 
immortality  for  himself  and  his  race. 

The  more  beautiful  curves  —  the  ellipse  and  its 
modification,  the  parabola  —  are  repeated  many  times. 
The  bosom  of  woman  —  the  ivory  throne  of  love,  set 
with  carnation,  garnet,  or  amethyst — derives  its  ex- 
quisite beauty  of  form  from  both  the  ellipse  and  the 
parabola. 

Symbolism.  Aside  from  the  clear  explanations 
of  mental  action  which  they  afford,  the  laws  of  celestial 
mechanics  have  their  principal  value  in  determining 
many  laws  of  art,  in  earth  culture,  in  architecture, 
and  in  costume.  For  example,  the  faculties  of  parental 
and  filial  love  are  located  upon  parabolic  curves.  If 
we  wish  to  have  any  object  express  or  symbolize  these 
faculties,  then   we  should   use   parabolic   curves   in  its 


LAW   OF   GEST)URES.  45 

formation.  In  like  manner  elliptical  curves  would 
symbolize  and  excite  sex-love;  hyperbolic  curves  would 
do  so  to  ambition;  and  the  entire  ellipse  would  sym- 
bolize the  mind  as  a  whole. 

Mimetic  Law.  In  every  animal  tissue  the 
direction  of  its  fibres,  if  it  have  any,  infallibly  shows 
the  direction  in  which  its  forces  are  and  can  be  mani- 
fested. Thus  the  fibres  of  a  muscle,  running  length- 
wise, show  that  this  is  the  line  in  which  it  can  exert 
its  force.  This  general  law  must  of  course  apply  fully 
to  the  brain.  Its  fibres  have  a  definite  direction,  and 
this  determines  their  lines  of  action  with  regard  to 
each  other  in  the  brain,  and  also  the  direction  in 
which  each  one  will  cause  the  body  to  move  when 
it  acts  upon  that.  The  whole  system  of  gestures,  or 
"natural  language"  of  the  faculties,  is  a  necessary 
product   of  this   law. 

Language  and  Gestures.  From  a  study  of 
the  brain  the  student  will  perceive  that  the  language 
of  gestures  is  in  no  way  arbitrary,  but  strictly  natural. 
Our  spoken  language  is  full  of  illustrations  proving 
an  instinctive  perception  of  this  mimetic  law.  We  speak 
of  actions  which  spring  from  the  superior  organs  as 
being  high,  noble,  exalted,  and  heavenly. 
While  of  those  which  result  from  the  base  of  the  brain 
we  speak  as  being  low,  debased,  ignoble  and 
earthly.  We  speak  of  the  **  summit  of  power  and 
of  moral  excellence;  and  of  the  depth  of  infamy  and 
vice."  We  commonly  think  of  these  as  mere  figures 
of  speech,  but  the  mimetic  law  proves  that  the  expres- 
sions are  mathematically  true.  In  a  larg£  number  of 
cases   there   is   a   direct,    external,  physical   reason   for 


46 


THE   BOOK    OF   LIFE. 


the  figures  of  speech.  A  pa- 
rent is  literally  taller  than  the 
child,  and  therefore  superior. 
But  the  mechanism  of  the  brain 
must  be  exactly  adapted  to  all 
these  physical  conditions,  ex- 
acdy  fitted  to  produce  the 
necessary  actions  in  each  case. 
Character  in  ^A/'alk. 
With  a  knowledge  of  the 
various  gestures  we  can  easily 
read  the  general  character  of  a 
person  by  the  walk.  For,  in 
walking,  the  head,  the  arms, 
the  body,  and  the  legs  are  all 
making  gestures.  If  a  person 
in  his  walk  habitually  assumes 
and  makes  the  gestures  belong- 
ing to  any  group  of  faculties, 
we  may  be  certain  that  those 
faculties  are  leading  ones  in 
his  character.  In  the  walk  of 
a  tall,  healthy,  well-balanced 
man,  both  Dignity  and  Firm- 
ness mav  be  seen.  Where 
TV'-^       %        t  these  qualities  are  deficient  in 

|L  mV^XV^V^>^'^^  ^^^  character,  the  stooping 
posture  and  unsteady  gait  will 
be  assumed.  The  mincing,  affected  walk  of  the 
dandy,  and  the  heavy,  ungainly  tramp  of  the  boor, 
each  express  corresponding  characteristics,  and  quali- 
ties of  mind  and  of  body. 


CHART   OF   GESTURES. 


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TXiaKRjiH 


48  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

Effect  on  Locomotion.  The  attractive  organs 
are  in  the  front,  and  the  repulsive  ones  are  in  the 
back  of  the  body.  As  a  consequence  of  this  arrange- 
ment, we  are  attracted  to  what  is  before  us,  and  we 
move  forward.  At  the  same  time  the  organs  of  the 
back  head  repel  us  from  what  is  behind  us,  pushing 
us  forward,  and  thus  acting  in  concert  with  those  in 
front.  Attractions  and  repulsions  are  proportional  to 
destinies,  for  they  are  the  motor  forces  which  carry 
us  onward  and  upward.  This  is  as  true  in  the 
physical   as   in   the   mental   sense. 

The  Voice  and  Character.  The  vocal  gest- 
ures or  Inflections  follow  the  mimetic  law.  Thus  the 
organ  of  Reason,  which  asks  questions,  points  some- 
what upward.  Hence,  all  questions  have  the  rising 
inflection  or  slide  of  the  voice  either  at  the  end  of  the 
sentence  or  upon  a  principal  word.  The  returning 
answer  must  reach  us  through  the  same  organ,  and, 
of  course,  takes  a  downward  direction  to  do  this. 
Therefore  answers  have  the  falling  inflection. 

The  upper  organs  give  rising  and  the  lower  organs 
falling  inflections.  Supplication,  entreaty,  sympathy, 
praise,  ambition,  hope,  and  aflection  illustrate  the  ris- 
ing; while  authority,  aggression,  aversion,  contempt, 
and  other  manifestations  of  the  lower  organs  illustrate 
the  falHng  inflections.  The  monotone  may  express 
either  the  upper  or  the  lower  organs.  The  circumflex, 
or  union  of  the  up  and  the  down  slides,  is  properly 
used  in  irony,  where  we  say  one  thing  and  mean 
another,  or,  in  some  cases,  in  expressing  surprise  or 
a  sudden  turn  of  thought  and  feeling.  The  vocal 
sounds  have  thus  a  natural  meaning  of  their  own. 


LflAn  r 


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THE    HAND    oi^   MAN. 


49 


(he  Hand  of  Man  has  glorified 
the  earth  with  the  work  of  science, 
art  and  industry.  The  vital  im- 
press of  all  this  has  made  the 
hand  a  faithful  index  of  life  and 
character. 

The  shape  of  the  hand,  the 
forms  given  by  its  bones  and 
muscles,  these  indicate  the  more 
solid  elements,  the  traits  and 
framework  of  our  characters.  The 
lines  of  the  palm,  the  crosses,  spots 
and  stars,  these  show  the  chang- 
ing events  which  make  up  our 
course  in  life.  The  natural  uses  of  each  part  of  the 
hand  determine  what  that  part  must  signify  in  the 
art    of  palmistry. 

Large  hands  are  both  capable  and  and  inclined 
to  do  the  skilled  work  of  the  world.  Small  hands 
belong  to  the  person  who  plans  colossal  things  but 
employs  others  to  put  them  into  practical  execution. 
Long,  slender  hands  give  action,  energy,  and  com- 
mand. Short,  thick,  soft  hands  are  apt  to  be  selfish, 
yet  may  be  warm-hearted. 

Broad  or  knotty  joints  indicate  logical  power, 
system,  capacity  for  details  and  finishing.  This  is 
because  the  broad  joints  give  a  surface  for  the 
attachment  of  well-developed  finger  muscles.  See 
figures  A  and  B  at  E  E.  The  spatulate  or  broad 
finger  tips  mean  activity,  energy  and  practical  work. 
They  indicate  active  and  strong  finger  muscles. 


50 


THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 


Fig.  A,  Bones  of 
the  thumb. 


Fig  B,  3,  4,  5.  6, 
muscles  of  the 
thumb. 


7,  7,  7,  Muscles 
of  the  palm. 


The,square  fingers  indicate 
system,  exactness,  conserva- 
tism and  formality.  The  conical 
fingers,  rounded  over  at  the  end 
like  a  thimble,  give  a  love  of  art  in 
all  its  branches,  with  enthusiasm 
and  poetical  talent.  The  delicate, 
tapering  fingers  show  their  owner 
to  be  ideal,  dreamy,  mystic,  or 
spiritual. 

The  meanings  are  marked  on 
each  part  in  the  large  chart  of  the 
hand.  When  the  sign  is  in  the 
BREADTH  of  the  part,  the  word  is 
written  across  the  finger,  as  the 
words   "logic"   and  "practical." 

The  mounts  are  the  fleshy  pads 
at  the  base  of  the  finger,  of  the 
thumb,  and  at  the  sides  of  the 
hand.  Mount  Venus  large  gives 
warm  affections,  gentleness,  admi- 
ration, love  of  music  and  society.  Mount  Terra  gives 
a  love  of  home,   wealth,    and  physical  enjoyment. 


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52  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

Mount  Jupiter  gives  reverence,  sense  of  honor, 
and  social  unity,  with  aspiration  and  justice  if  the 
fingers  are  square.  The  general  meaning  of  each 
mount   is    marked    on    the   chart. 

Mount  Saturn  gives  prudence,  caution,  fondness 
for  agriculture,  and  a  retired  life.  Mount  Sun  or 
Apollo  gives  instincts  for  art,  success,  glory,  fame 
or  wealth.  Mount  Mercury  tends  to  science,  spirit, 
eloquence,  commerce  and  changes.  Mount  Mars  gives 
courage,  resolution,  hardihood,  contest  and  command. 
Mount  of  the  Moon  gives  periodicity  of  thought, 
feeling,  and  action,  with  imagination,  sentiment,  ro- 
mance,   and    mystery. 

Lines  which  cut  across  a  mount,  warn  us  of 
obstacles,  such  as  relate  to  that  mount.  A  full  palm 
indicates  good  vitality,  active  nutrition,  and  healthful 
tendencies. 

The  Line  of  Life  if  long,  clear  and  strong,  with- 
out breaks,  denotes  a  long  life  with  good  health  and 
disposition.  By  the  scale  of  figures  on  this  line  in 
the  chart,   we  may  find   the   dates   of  various   events. 

The  Heart-line  should  arise  by  branches  on  Mount 
Jupiter.  This  line  indicates  the  course  of  our  social 
or  love-life.  Marriage  signs  are  marked  on  these 
branches.  Thus  on  one  of  them  we  see  a  little  cross, 
in  the  chart.  At  25  on  the  Life  line  a  similar  cross 
marks  a  marriage  at  that  date.  On  another  branch 
a  triangle  marks  a  marriage  at  60  years. 

The  Head  line  well  developed,  clear  and  strong, 
denotes  good  sense,  a  clear  judgment  and  a  good 
brain  and  nervous  system.  It  also  indicates  the  con- 
dition of  throat  and  lungs. 


PALMISTRY.  53 

The  line  of  Destiny  or  Saturn  shows  the  general 
course  of  life,  whether  varied  or  even,  broken  or 
successful,   direct  or  circuitous. 

The  line  of  Brilliancy,  Sun,  or  Apollo,  when  strong-, 
leads  to  glory,   distinction,   wealth,    or   success    in   life. 

The  line  of  Wealth  was  called  the  hepatic  or  liver- 
line,  but  without  good  reason.  It  really  indicates 
success  in  the  pursuit  of  wealth  and  material  things. 
Its  real  character  is  like  that  of  Mount  Mercury. 

We  estimate  the  meaning  of  any  variant  line  by 
considering  what  mounts  or  lines  it  crosses  or  con- 
nects. Because  Mount  Mars  means  contest  and  Mount 
Venus  means  affection,  we  infer  that  a  chance  line 
from  Venus  to  Mars  points  to  a  quarrel  with  a  friend. 
And  so  of  the  others. 

The  Right  hand  is  positive  and  its  signs  show 
what  the  person  would  be  of  his  own  free  will.  The 
left  hand  is  passive  or  receptive  and  shows  what  the 
person  would  be  if  yielding  to  the  influence  of  others. 

The  right  hand  of  Sivartha,  the  author,  shows  a 
Square  between  the  head  and  the  heart  lines  marked 
with  the  letter  S.  This  square  represents  the  plan  ot 
Salema,  the  perfect  city  and  the  center  of  the  author's 
life  work.  The  east  border  of  the  square  is  formed 
by  the  line  of  Destiny  and  the  west  side  by  the  line 
of  the  Sun.  This  foretells  the  certain  success  of  the 
plan,   according  to  palmistry. 

On  a  single  page  we  have  given  a  table  of  vari- 
ous marks,  such  as  crosses,  squares  and  stars,  with 
their  general  meanings.  The  special  meaning  must 
be  taken  from  the  place  on  which  the  mark  appears, 
whether  on  a  mount  or  a  line. 


54  THE    BOOK    OF   LIFE. 

CHART  OF  MARKS. 

Samples  of  each  hieroglyph,  with  their  general  meanings. 

J    ^    V  The  Cross. — Polar  forces  united; 

•^  X     JU    T^  ^  change;  on  branch  of  Heart  line, 

^y  marriage. 

^        1^  The  Star. — On  Jupiter  or  Apollo, 

"7^  ^f^    ^  distinction;  a  certain  or  fatal  event 

on  other  parts. 


The   Square. — A  plan  of  action 
or  of  life;  protection;  strength. 


K         The  Triangle. — Aptitude  for 
^  ^  science;  diplomacy,  exactness. 


0/*v     V.     The  Circle.— < 
k^  ^  ^        on  a  line,  an  inj 


On  Apollo,    glory; 
mjury. 


The  Island. — Weakness;  disease; 
a  turning  aside;  division. 


The  Grille.  —  Obstacles;  faults; 
confusion;  excesses. 

The  Spot. — Black  or  blue,  a  dis- 
ease; red,  a  wound;  white,  some 
good. 

Chained  Line. — Obstacles,  ir- 
regularities. 

Broken  Line.  —  Interruptions; 
illness. 

Tasselled  Lines. — Feebleness ; 
waste. 

Sister  Lines. — Increased  power. 


THE    FACE.  55 

The  Human  Face.  The  Face  of  man  sur- 
passes all  other  objects  in  nature  in  its  beauty  of 
form  and  its  variety  of  expression.  But  if  the  mental 
faculties  were  not  connected  with  very  definite  parts 
of  the  face,  then  the  face  could  possess  neither  ex- 
pression nor  beauty.  For  a  look  which  indicated  love 
at  one  moment,  mig^ht  indicate  hate  the  very  next. 
The   face   is   no   such  bundle   of  contradictions. 

Intellect.  These  signs  give  downward  length 
and  breadth  to  the  nose.  No  person  with  a  very 
short  nose  could  have  a  great  intellect  or  produce  a 
profound   impression   of  any   kind   in   the   world. 

The  projection  at  the  tip  of  the  nose  indicates 
observation,  the  questioning  faculty,  and  belongs  to 
the   inquisitive   character   of  the   child. 

By  the  side  of  attention  is  Inspiration  or  sagacity, 
which  literally  means  "keen  scented."  Back  of  this, 
the  thickness  of  the  nose  at  Cor.  indicates  judgment, 
a  sense  of  proper   relations  and  adjustments. 

If  we  inquire  and  observe  some  discovery  will  follow. 
And  accordingly  the  downward  length  of  the  septum 
(or  partition  of  the  nostrils),  just  back  of  observation, 
shows  the  faculty  of  Discovery,  a  part  of  reason.  Still 
back  of  this  is  the  sign  of  Synthesis.  Still  back  of 
this  the  faculty  of  analysis  separates  its  constituent 
parts  and  finds  that  they  belong  to  widely  divergent 
series.  The  order  of  mental  action  is  thus  preserved 
in  the  location  of  its  nasal  signs.  Reason  also  gives 
height  to  the  upward  curve  of  the  wing  of  the  nostrils, 
but  Manners  extends  this  downward.  A  delicate  and 
perfect  chiseling  of  the  nostrils  indicates  refinement 
and   symmetry   of  intellect. 


56  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

The  downward  length  of  the  lower  jaw  indicates 
the  faculties  of  Self-control,  Integrity,  Stability,  and 
Caution.  The  breadth  of  the  face  at  these  points  is 
thought  to  indicate  the  power  of  these  faculties  of  the 
will  to  express  affection.  Caution,  Protection,  and  In- 
dustry, are  shown  by  the  projection  and  breadth  of  the 
cheek  bones.  The  faculty  of  protection  is  large  in  the 
Chinese,  who  built  the  Great  Wall  under  its  stimulus. 
Dignity  and  Laudation  are  connected  with  the 
muscles  which  elevate  the  upper  lip  and  the  wing 
of  the  nose.  Laudation  lifts  the  upper  lip,  as  in  the 
smile  of  approval.  Dignity  produces  a  muscular  ful- 
ness at  the  place  marked.  Liberty  and  Equality  are 
back  of  this,  and  Authority  still  lower.  The  faculty 
of  Reserve  or  secrecy  is  associated  with  Economy, 
and   gives   the   wide   or   thick    nostrils. 

Parental  and  filial  love  elevate  the  inner  end  of  the 
eyebrow  and  are  also  connected  with  the  lips  near  the 
center,  as  shown  on  the  chart.  Modesty  causes  a  droop- 
ing of  the  eyelids.  Reverence  turns  the  eye  upward,  and 
humility  turns  it  downward.  Parenity  also  draws  the 
corners  of  the  mouth  upward  and  back.  In  this  case  it 
acts  with  the  faculty  of  Complacency,  which  is  a  part  of 
Amity.  Patriotism  presses  the  lower  lip  against  the 
upper  one,  midway  between  the  center  and  the  corner. 

Amity  and  Reform  elevate  the  eyebrow  at  the  middle 
and  the  outer  ends.  Truth  and  kindness  elevate  the 
inner  third  of  the  eyebrow.  They  form  the  upright  and 
the  horizontal  wrinkles  there.  Truth  also  produces 
folds  and  wrinkles  above  and  below  the  eye,  as  marked 
at  Verity.  Mirth  causes  converging  wrinkles  from  the 
corner  of  the  eye  outward. 


58  THE   BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

INTELLECT    OR    WISDOM. 

Perception— Art. 

Form— Shape,  outline,  individuality. 

Color— Idea  of  color,  size,  location. 

Number— Unity,  order,  and  plurality. 
Retention— Letters. 

Memory — Retention  of  facts,  time  and  system. 

Observation— Attention,  mental  focus,  vision. 

Language — Mastery  of  words,  sounds,  music. 
Reflection— SCIENCE. 

Reason— Analysis,  synthesis,  judgment. 

Inspiration— Foresight,  intuition,  spirituality. 

Invention— Skill,  construction,  imagination. 
Reception— Culture. 

Amity— Friendship,  kindness,  hospitality. 

Reform— Culture,  progress,  improvement. 

Manners— Truth,  imitation,  mirth. 


AFFECTION     OR    LOVE. 

Religion— Religion. 

Faith— Belief,  love  of  Deity,  worship. 

Love— Philanthropy,  good-will,  trust. 

Hope— Aspiration,  zeal,  immortality. 
Sexation— Marriage. 

Devotion — Desire,  sex-worship,  romance. 

Fidelity— Mating,  sex-fealty,  ardency. 

Luxury— Fondness,  sexality,  caressing. 
Parention— Familyism. 

Parentity— Parental  love,  familism,  providence. 

Reverence— Filial  love,  respect,  modesty. 

Patriotism— Love  of  home,  kin  and  country. 
Sensation— Home. 

Appetite— Sense  of  hunger,  taste  and  smell. 

Feeling— Sense  of  touch,  heat  and  gravity. 

Aurosense— Of  character,  spheres  and  aromas. 


EXPRESSION     OR    WILL. 

Ambition— Rulership. 

Dignity— Pride,  self-esteem,  authority. 
Laudation— Praise,  aspiration,  display. 
Stability— Firmness,  energy,  perseverance. 

CoACTiON— Labor. 

Integrity— Justice,  honor,  balance. 

Caution— Vigilance,  prudence,  self-control. 

Liberty— Freedom,  equality,  independence. 
Defension -Wealth. 

Defence— Self-defense,  protection,  aggression. 

Economy— Property,  ownership,  selfishness. 

Reserve— Secrecy,  shrinking,  fear. 
Impulsion— Commerce. 

Locomotion— Mobility,  travel,  commerce. 

Aversion— Dislike,  contempt,  repugnance. 

Destruction— Vengeance,  rigor,  baseness. 


HUMAN    CULTURE. 


59 


A  Complete  Education 
must  be  twelve -fold.  It 
must  include  the  entire  na- 
ture of  man.  It  must  deal 
with  the  head,  the  heart,  and 
the  hand.  It  must  be  a 
system  of  Instruction,  of 
Culture,  and  of  Training. 
That  is,  it  must  impart 
knowledge  by  natural  and 
attractive  methods;  it  must 
cultivate  all  of  the  mental 
faculties  in  a  systematic 
manner;  and  it  must  give  a  practical  training  which  • 
shall  fit  the  pupil  to  fill  a  productive  place  in  the 
living  work  of  society.  And  we  must  base  all  these 
upon  a  scientific  knowledge  of  man's  mental  and 
physical   constitution. 

Systematic  Culture  requires  that  the  school 
should  organize  the  intellectual,  the  social,  and  the 
industrial  life  of  the  child.  One  hour  of  each  day 
is  given  to  the  direct  culture  of  each  group  of  facul- 
ties, taking  them  in  a  natural  order  of  response  and 
succession.  Or,  if  we  can  only  have  the  pupil  for  six 
hours  a  day,  then  we  would  take  half  of  an  hour  for 
each  group  of  the  faculties.  We  regulate  the  entire 
life  of  the  child.  His  plays  are  turned  into  instruc- 
tive means  of  mental  training.  The  whole  school  is 
formed  into  groups,  and  each  group  has  an  elected 
leader,  who  helps  to  direct  its  studies  afid  its  plays. 
This  is  the  plan  in  all  the  grades. 


60  THE   BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

Commencing  at  six  o'clock  in  the  morning,  we 
take  up  the  sensitive  or  Domestic  group.  We  spend 
the  hour  in  teaching  the  pupils  the  art  of  bathing, 
toilet  and  dressing,  with  the  effects  of  different  kinds 
of  clothing,  in  its  material,  color  and  form.  Second, 
we  teach  them  the  art  of  eating,  including  the  subjects 
of  odors,  flavors,  and  digestion;  and,  third,  we  instruct 
them  in  house  cares,  cooking,  and  table  serving. 
All  these  studies  tend  directly  to  stimulate  and  develop 
the  faculties  of  the  domestic  or  Home  group.  The 
next  hour,  from  seven  to  eight  A.  M.,  the  Art  or 
perceptive  group  is  the  object  of  culture.  Here  we 
use  geometry,  arithmetic,  and  measuring;  we  teach 
the  elements  of  drawing,  painting,  and  penmanship, 
and  we  give  object  lessons  in  geography,  botany, 
and  zoology.  These  studies  tend  to  develop  the 
perceptive    faculties. 

In  this  way  we  proceed  with  all  the  twelve  groups, 
giving  an  hour  to  each  one,  taking  them  in  the 
responsive   order   of  their   mental  action. 

We  speak  to  all  the  senses  of  the  child.  These 
are  the  doors  through  which  all  his  materials  of 
knowledge  must  come.  To  him  this  world  is  a  con- 
crete world.  It  is  made  up  of  things.  All  truths 
are  embodied.  They  have  an  outward  clothing  ot 
substance.  Analysis  may  distinguish  separate  prop- 
erties; we  may  consider  the  color  of  an  orange 
without  paying  any  attention  to  the  fact  that  it  is 
spherical.  Only  in  this  way  can  knowledge  be  ab- 
stract. It  is  in  this  world  of  objects  that  the  keen 
senses  and  active  imagination  of  the  child  are  per- 
petually delighted.     It  is  to  bring  this  objective  world 


METHODS    OF   STUDY.  61 

within  the  school-room  that  we  invent  the  color-balls 
and  blocks,  the  tablets  and  weaving  slats,  the  paints 
and  patterns  and  leaves  for  the  younger  pupils.  It 
is  for  this  that  we  organize  the  training  shops  for 
the   older   hands   and   brains. 

Now  this  is  the  very  method  which  has  already 
proved  successful  in  the  highest  scientific  classes  of 
the  universities.  The  specialists  are  there  required 
to  study  by  direct  contact  with  the  objects.  The 
chemical  student  must  actually  combine  chemical  sub- 
stances; the  student  of  mineralogy  must  handle  and 
fuse  minerals;  and  one  studying  zoology  must  examine 
and  dissect  animals.  The  same  method  can  be  used 
with  success  in  all  the  grades  of  study.  It  vitalizes 
and   fills  each   one  with   fresh   interest. 

As  far  as  possible,  each  faculty  is  cultivated  through 
its  own  proper  objects  of  action,  and  not  simply 
through  verbal  instruction.  Thus  the  friendship  of 
a  child  is  cultivated  by  its  doing  friendly  deeds;  its 
integrity  by  showing  it  how  to  treat  its  fellows  justly, 
and  in  construction  by  teaching  it  to  make  articles 
of  use  and  play.  A  child  learns  naturally  by  seeing 
others  do  things  as  well  as  by  the  trial  of  its  own 
powers.  It  must  form  its  abstract  ideas  from  seeing 
them  exemplified  in  concrete  objects.  During  the 
first  ten  years  of  the  child* s  life,  the  chief  instruments 
used  in  teaching  are  object  lessons,  conversations, 
and  industrial  plays.  The  table  of  studies  gives  a 
sufficient  guide  for  subdividing  the  many  topics  re- 
quired in  the  detailed  work  of  the  school-room. 
Each  text-book  must  contain  a  more  extended  anal- 
ysis  of  its   special   subjects. 


62  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

For  example:  A  class  in  geography  is  before  us. 
They  are  to  study  the  geography  of  Great  Britain. 
They  choose  one  of  their  number  as  a  scribe.  They 
have  already  read  its  description  in  their  text-books. 
A  table  is  before  them  with  a  pile  of  brown  mold- 
ing sand.  They  must  first  spell  out  the  name 
of  the  country,  and,  as  they  proceed,  all  the  im- 
portant words  of  the  lesson  are  spelled,  and  written 
by  the  scribe  on  the  blackboard.  They  are  to  study 
the  surface,  with  its  mountain  ranges,  its  plains,  lakes 
and  rivers,  and  its  indented  sea  coast,  by  molding  all 
these  in  the  sand.  Each  pupil  contributes  some  fact 
on  these  topics,  and  gives  his  fact  expression  by  shap- 
ing the  pile  of  sand. 

The  general  form  of  Great  Britain  is  first  made  in 
outline.  Then  this  outline  is  modified  by  molding  its 
edges  into  capes  and  bays  and  the  interior  into  moun- 
tains and  plains.  If  a  mistake  is  made,  either  in  describ- 
ing any  part,  or  in  molding  its  form,  the  class  takes  a 
vote  to  see  if  a  majority  can  correct  the  fault.  In  one 
lesson  they  are  able  to  construct  a  complete  map  in 
rehef  on  the  table.  They  have  touched  almost  every 
topic  in  geography.  Where  sand  would  not  serve  their 
purpose,  they  have  helped  themselves  out  with  model- 
ing clay. 

We  have  not  space  to  describe  the  studies,  plays 
and  labors  in  their  practical  working  as  means  of  culture 
for  each  group.  It  needs  a  special  book  to  guide  the 
teacher  in  these  details.  We  have  only  sought  to  in- 
dicate the  great  plan,  and  to  show  how  widely  it  differs 
from  all  others. 


SCHOOL   WORK.  63 

Both  the  kindergartens  and  the  Quincy  schools  have 
illustrated  some  of  the  methods  by  which  the  different 
branches  of  study  may  be  made  extremely  interesting 
and  attractive  to  the  minds  of  children  and  youth.  But 
those  schools  did  not  arrange  the  studies  so  that  they 
would  accomplish  the  central  work  of  systematic  culture 
for  all  of  the  faculties. 

It  is  not  '* moral  education,"  or  "technical  educa- 
tion," or  ''intellectual  education,"  that  we  need.  None 
of  these  partial  remedies  will  answer  the  pressing  de- 
mands of  this  age.  It  is  integral  education  alone  that 
can  save  civilization  from  social  paralysis,  from  intel- 
lectual dry-rot,  and  from  industrial  convulsions.  When 
all  the  twelve  fruits  of  the  tree  of  life  shall  have  a 
true  culture,  then  indeed  will  their  rich  flavor  bear 
the  strength  of  "healing  to  the  nations." 
DIVISIONS    OF    SCIENCE. 

MATHEMATICS:  BIOLOGY:  PHYSICS: 

Geometry,  Mentology,  Cosmology, 

Spacics,  Physiology,  Chemistry. 

Arithmetic.  Botany.  Dynamics. 

SUBDIVISION     OF    THE    ABOVE. 

MENTOLOGY :  COSMOLOGY : 
Psychology,  Geography, 

Sociology,  Geology, 

Economics.  Astronomy. 

At  the  age  of  fifteen  years,  the  character  and  tastes 
of  the  youth  have  been  well  studied  by  his  teachers, 
he  has  learned  the  use  of  various  tools  in  the  workshop 
or  on  the  farm,  and  hence  he  is  ready  to  choose  his 
profession  for  life.  So  far,  the  studies  have  been 
similar  for  all   the   pupils.      They  have  included  such 


64  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

facts  and  principles  as  all  classes  of  persons  will  find 
of  use  as  they  pass  through  life.  There  are  truths  in 
chemistry  which  are  of  use  to  us,  no  matter  in  what 
employment  we  may  be  engaged.  The  laws  of  health 
must  be  understood  by  us  all,  or  we  shall  be  con- 
stantly falling  a  prey  to  disease.  Each  one  of  us 
must  take  care  of  his  own  body.  The  laws  of  dynamics 
enter  into  almost  every  pursuit  of  civilization.  There 
are  many  tools  which  every  child  should  learn  to  use. 
The  laws  of  society  require  a  constant  obedience  from 
its  members,   hence  they  must  learn  these  laws. 

Higher  Schools.  Such  is  the  plan  of  integral 
education  for  the  common  school.  The  college  and 
the  university  have  the  same  plan  on  an  enlarged 
scale.  But  with  this  difference,  that  every  one  of  the 
twelve  groupets  in  these  has  a  male  and  a  female 
teacher,  and  there  is  over  the  whole  a  President  and 
a  Presidess.  The  course  of  study  in  the  college  would 
preserve  the  same  order  as  in  the  school,  but  each 
subject  would  be  entered  into  far  more  elaborately. 
The  university  course  would  carry  these  studies  still 
higher. 

The  school  is  presided  over  by  the  Conductor  and 
Guardian,  assisted  by  the  members  of  the  Family 
groupate,  and  these  become  the  twelve  sub-teachers 
of  the   school. 

The  classification  of  primary  concepts  in  the  table 
of  Stem-words  is  made  the  basis  for  studying  the  funda- 
mental relations  of  all  human  knowledge.  The  adop- 
tion of  a  universal  language,  like  the  Vesona,  will 
make  a  vast  difference  in  the  means  for  a  perfect 
culture   of  man. 


65 
PLAN  OF  STUDIES. 


Group  of  Home,  5  to  7  o'clock.  Art  of  Dressing — bathing,  toilet  and 
costume.  ART  OF  EATING— Flavors,  odors,  and  digestion.  HOUSE  AND  Field— 
house-care,  messages  and  field  culture. 

Art  Group,  7  to  8  o'clock.  MATHEMATICS— Geometry,  arithmetic,  and 
measuring.  GRAPHICS — drawing,  painting,  and  penmanship.  Object  LES- 
SONS— geography,  botany,  and  zoology. 

Commerce  Group,  8  to  9  o'clock.  Engineering — civil,  mechanical  and 
locomotive.  Fertility— textile,  culture,  fertilizers,  and  stock-raising.  Com- 
merce—distribution,  traveling,  and  transportation. 

Famiilism,  9  to  10  o'clock.  Learning— obedience,  guidance,  and  study. 
Amusements— plays,  festivals,  and  work,  Service— waiting,  altruism,  and 
patriotism. 

liCtters,  10  to  II  o'clock.  History— civilization,  biography,  and  chronology. 
Language — grammar,  speaking,  and  music.  Publication— books,  newspapers, 
and  correspondence. 

Wealth,  II  to  12  o'clock.  Factories— order  in  work  tools,  and  machinery, 
fictiles  and  textiles.  ECONOMICS — expenses,  ownership,  and  exchanges.  Stor- 
age— providence,  warehouses,  harvesting. 

Marriage,  12  to  i  o'clock.  Dualism— sex  structure,  floration,  and  rites. 
Heredity — transmission,  permanence  and  variation.  Luxuries — recreation, 
caressing,  and  pleasures. 

Science,  i  to  2  o'clock.  Laws— logic,  mentology,  and  rules.  Beauty — 
esthetics,  symbolism,  and  adornment.  Science— mechanics,  cosmology,  and 
dynamics. 

L.abor,  2  to  3  o'clock.  Justice— rights,  duties  and  penalties.  Utility— 
labor  groups,  industrial  plays,  and  trades.  ENVIRONS— climate,  forestry,  and 
horticulture. 

Culture,  3  to  4  o'clock.  Hospitality— entertainment,  conversation,  and 
friendship.  Reform— discoveries,  teaching,  and  adoption.  Manners— mimetics, 
morality,  and  elocution. 

Rulership,  4  to  5  o'clock.  Leadership— authority,  training,  and  ranks. 
Elections— voting,  grouping,  and  transferring.  Displays— standards,  exhibi- 
tions, and  processions. 

Religion,  5  to  6  o'clock.  WORSHIP— ceremonies,  spirituality,  and  belief. 
Unity— philanthropy,  interchanges,  and  discipline.  Enterprises— reclamation, 
improvements,  and  undertakings. 


66,  THE   BOOK    OF    LIFE. 


Space  is  an  essential 
property  of  matter  and  of 
spirit.  It  does  not  exist  by 
itself  any  more  tham  Form 
.XmfTfvC^'mocli^  and  Number  could  exist  with- 
out being  attributes  of  an 
object.  Thus  a  square  block  of  wood  has  the  space 
enclosed  by  its  six  sides,  and  all  the  men  in  the  world 
can  not  get  this  space  away  from  it.  Each  object  has 
its  own  space,  just  as  it  has  its  own  form.  The  limits 
of  each  object  not  only  separate  it,  but  they  also  join 
it  to  the  next  object.  In  passing  across  one  object  to 
another  we  find  that  they  have  continuity,  one  always 
succeeds  another.  But  we  do  not  find  that  "there  are 
no  limits."  The  universe  does  not  have  just  one  limit, 
any  more  than  it  has  just  one  color  or  one  form.  But 
this  fact  does  not  make  it  "limitless"  or  colorless,  or 
formless.  There  is  no  such  attribute  as  "Infinite."  It 
does  not  apply  to  either  Space  or  Time.  It  was  a  mis- 
conception of  the  philosophers.  A  line  is  the  limit  of  a 
surface,  the  place  where  two  surfaces  meet.  A  point  is 
the  hmit  of  a  line,  the  place  where  lines  meet.  Hence 
a  point  can  not  exist  without  a  line,  nor  a  line  without 
a  surface.     The  surface  itself  is  a  Hmit  of  a  solid. 

Law  of  Rhythm,  or  Time.  In  all  motions 
the  central  element  is  Time,  and  all  motions  are  rhyth- 
mical, or  have  measurable  forms  and  limits,  and  when 
these  are  reached,  they  tend  to  repeat  themselves  or 
return  to  equipoise.  The  smallest  of  these  forms  are 
the  waves  of  the  seven  universal  forces,  and  the  largest 
are  the  paths  of  the  cosmical  bodies. 

A  man  swings  his  hand  in  a  circle.     The  movement 


I  TJNIVEHSITT  ) 

NATURE    OF   TIME!^'^^S^i!£2Sii'''^7 

has  shape,  for  it  is  circular.  It  has  space,  say  two  feet 
across.  But  there  is  another  element  in  this  movement. 
It  has  Duration  or  Time.  Without  this  central  element, 
we  could  not  know  that  a  motion  had  been  made. 
Time  is  simply  and  only  a  part  of  every  motion.  It  is 
the  central  element  of  motion,  just  as  space  is  the 
central  property  of  matter.  Time  and  space  are  thus 
counterparts  of  each  other.  There  can  be  no  infinite 
time.  For  each  motion  has  its  own  time,  just  as  each 
thing  has  its  own  space.  To  say  that  motions  take  place 
"in  time"  would  be  like  saying  that  a  man's  head  was 
in  his  head.  Time  can  not  cease  to  exist  unless  motion 
cease  to  exist.  The  word  Eternity  is  a  collective  term 
expressing  time  as  a  whole. 

A  person  who  has  once  experienced  the  sensations 
of  time  never  can  mistake  them  for  anything  else. 
We  measure  time  by  the  movements  of  the  earth 
around  the  sun,  or  that  around  its  own  axis;  by  the 
motions  of  the  moon  around  the  earth,  or  by  the 
movement  of  wheels  in  clocks  and  watches.  And, 
less  exactly,  by  the  movements  in  growth  in  plants 
and   animals. 

Law  of  Relation.  The  objects  of  the  Uni- 
verse are  in  Series  or  categories,  and  between  these, 
in  different  series,  exist  definite  relations  of  properties, 
existence,  and  motion,  so  that  the  truths  of  each 
category  are  repeated,  within  limited  variations,  in 
every  other  category.  Universal  laws  express  these 
relations,  and  the  special  laws  of  each  series  express 
the   variations. 

Law  of  Form.  Every  object  has  the  proper- 
ties of  form,   space,   and  number;   and  in  every  atom 

9 


68  THE   BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

these  inherent  properties  give  rise  to  constant  vibra- 
tions of  a  definite  character.  In  objects  more  complex 
than  single  atoms,  their  forms  are  fixed  expressions  of 
the  ratios  with  which  the  producing  forces  have  acted. 

Cause  and  Effect.  Everywhere  around  us 
we  see  the  perpetual  transfer  of  forces.  That  which 
at  one  moment  appears  as  a  cause,  may  at  the  next 
moment  appear  as  an  effect.  The  chemical  combus- 
tion of  oil  in  a  lamp  causes  light,  and  this  is  an  effect. 
The  light  causes  an  effect  in  the  eye,  it  impresses  the 
rods  and  cones.  This  effect,  this  impression,  in  turn 
causes  a  vibration  of  the  optic  nerve.  This  effect  is 
transmitted  to  the  brain,  and  causes  a  train  of  thought 
to  be  awakened  there.  This  last  may  cause  us  to 
supply  the  lamp  with  more  oil  and  fire,  and  thus  keep 
up  or  renew  the  circle  of  causes  and  effects.  We 
perceive  clearly  that  Cause  and  Effect  are  not  things 
which  are  of  a  different  nature.  They  are  simply 
terms  which  designate  different  and  successive  steps  in 
a  series   of  actions. 

Each  individual  effect  has  a  cause.  Force  has  been 
exerted  for  its  production;  but  this  effect  is  itself  a  cause 
and  can  exert  force  in  turn.  Some  old  writers  affirmed 
that,  as  all  things  must  have  a  cause,  therefore  the  great 
First  Cause  is  the  Diety.  But  they  mistook  the  very 
nature  of  Cause  and  Effect.  These  terms  express  pre- 
cedence and  succession,  they  apply  to  the  parts  of  a 
series  and  can  not  describe  the  whole.  The  universe 
as  a  whole  never  came  into  existence.  One  planet  or 
cosmical  body  may  be  forming  while  another  is  passing 
to  decay,  and  thus  perpetual  renewal  and  decay  repeat 
the  cycles  of  the  universe. 


FORMS    OF   TRUTH.  69 

FORMS    OF    TRUTH. 

KNOWLEDGE. 

Science — Mathematics,  Biology,  Physics. 
Letters— Erudition,  Ideas,  Literature. 
ARTS — Rules,  Employments,  Home  Arts. 

LANGUAGE. 

Rhetoric — Syntax,  Composition,  Prosodies. 
Words— Symbols,  Nouns,  Modifiers. 
EXPRESSION— Speaking,  Music,  Gesture. 

RELATION. 

EXISTENCE— Verity,  Being,  Negation. 
State — Condition,  Standing,  Possibility. 
CAUSALITY— Means,  Actor,  End. 

MENTALITY. 

IDEATION. 

Perception— Obsevring,   Experiment,   Measuring. 
RETENTION— Attention,  Recollection,  Classing. 
Reflection — Conception,  Analysis,  Invention. 

SOCIATION. 

Culture— Morals,  Entertainment,  Manners. 
SOCIABILITY— Affection,  Intercourse,  Respect. 
INDUSTRY— Organizing,  Conducting,  Distributing. 

SENSATION. 

MENTOSENSE — Vision,  Audition,  Aurosense. 
UNOSENSE— Existence,  Pleasure,  Pain. 
TACTO-SENSE— Smell,  Taste,  Touch. 

VITALITY. 

GENERATION. 

SEXATION — Procreation,  Semination,  Breeding, 
Gestation— Ovulation,  Cell-genesis,  Nidification. 
MATURATION— Nourishing,  Parturition,  Harvesting. 

VITATION. 

INGESTION— Salivation,  Deglutition,  Mastication. 
Nutrition — Digestion,  Assimilation,  Circulation. 
EGESTION— Respiration,  Exhaustion,  Excretion. 

motation. 

Working— Handling,  Holding,  Moving. 
Restoring— Mento-Rest,  Recovery,  Playing. 
Locomotion— Flying,  Footing,  Swimming. 


70  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

The  Symbolism  of  Numbers  and  their 
sacred  uses  depends  upon  the  actual  properties  in 
objects  of  art  and  of  nature.  Their  meanings  are  not 
at  all  arbitrary  or  a  matter  of  invention.  On  the 
historical  side  of  the  question  it  has  been  proved  by 
Prof  Mahan,  by  Guinness  and  others,  that  if  we  classify 
the  events  of  history  according  to  their  kinds,  then 
we  shall  see  that  in  each  kind  of  event  the  dates  are 
all  divisible  by  one  number,  or  have  that  number  as 
their  leading  factor.  Below  we  give  the  general  mean- 
ing of  a  few  of  the  more  important  numbers. 

One — means  unity,  relationship  of  the  whole. 

Two— duality,  dubiety,  polarity,  response  of  parts. 

Three— trinity,  completeness,  a  center  and  two  wings. 

Four— family,  organization,  the  square,  life. 

Five — means  the  covenant,  law,  works,  the  hand. 

Six — physical  completeness,  "the  Beast." 

Seven — spiritual  power,  dynamics,  seven  forces. 

Eight— renewal  or  double  life,  resurrection. 

Nine — judgment,  labor,  measure,  paternity.     > 

Ten— complete  number  of  material  law. 

Eleven — means  incompleteness,  uncertainty. 

Twelve— is  the  perfect  number,  a  trinity  on  each  side  of  the 

square,  the  measure  of  man,  spiritual  perfection. 
Thirteen — means  rulership,  twelve  plus  one  as  a  pivot. 
Seventeen— the  chosen  people  under  the  law. 
Eighteen  and  Nineteen— humanity  come  to  judgment. 
Twenty-six- dual  rulership,  number  of  Yehovah. 
Thirty-one— means  AL  or  EL,  ancient  term  for  Deity. 
Forty— Israel  under  the  covenant,  preparation. 
One  Hundred  and  Forty-four- multiple  of  twelve,  complete  series. 


UNIVERSAL    LANGUAGE. 


71 


y?hen./^Ty,Hfebv  Tormuta  oi  Crftatvon. 


Vesona  or  Univer- 
sal   Language 

is  based  upon  the 
natural  meaning  of 
the  vocal  sounds. 
And  in  its  struct- 
ure we  combine 
these  sounds  ac-  • 
cording  to  the  in- 
herent laws  of  hu- 
man thought  and 
the  universal  laws 
and  analogies  of  nature.  Each 
vocal  sound  is  produced  by  a 
gesture  of  the  voice  and  is  there- 
fore subject  to  the  same  laws 
that  give  meaning  to  gestures 
of  the  hands  and  Hmbs.  And 
every  sound  is  composed  of  waves 
which  have  a  definite  shape  or 
two    facts    determine    the    natural 


character.       These 
meanings  of  sounds. 

We  make  a  circular  diagram  in  twelve  great  sec- 
tions and  in  these  we  include  a  Universal  Synthesis 
of  human  knowledge.  It  is  arranged  so  as  to  display 
those  relations  and  analogies  which  unite  each  branch 
to  the  rest.  The  table  of  stem-words  and  the  extended 
tables  carry  out  these  sections  in  detail. 

The  first  two  or  three  letters  of  any  word  give  the 
general  meaning.  And  the  added  letters  specialize 
these   meanmgs. 


SYNTHESIS  OF  STEM-WORDS. 


FORM Fio 

Figure Flos 

Image Fo 

Visuality Fa 

Structure Fi 

Quality Fion 

Attribute Fq 

Goodness Fe 

Badness Fa 

Order Flor 

Method Fy 

Place Fu 

Class Fo 

TRUTH Yeo 

Knowledge Veos 

Science Vo 

Letters Va 

Arts Vi 

Language Veon 

Rhetoric Vo 

Expression Ve 

Words Va 

Relation Veor 

Existence Vy 

State Vu 

Causality Vo 

CREATION Syo 

Making Syos 

Tool-using 8p 

Construction 8a 

Function Si 

Unltlon Syon 

Taking Sp 

Having Se 

Giving Sa 

Evolution Syor 

Formation 8y 

Chemication 8u 

Career 8^ 

ARTITE Abo 

Commodity Abos 

Goods. Bo 

Food BSn 

Dress Kfis 

Building Abon 

House-kind Dom 

Apartment Am 

House-part Ab 

Instrument Abor 

Implement Besh 

Vehicle Tran 

Machine Ther 


SPACE Dio 

Limit Dies 

Bound Do 

Surface Da 

Degree Di 

Quantity Dion 

Dimension Djj 

Content De 

Magnitude Da 

Direction Dior 

Circuity Dy 

Through Du 

Course,  way D6 

MENTALITY Neo 

Mentation Neos 

Thinking No 

Loving Na 

Willing Ni 

Soclation Neon 

Cultality... No 

Sociality Ne 

Industry St^n 

Sensation Ueor 

Mento-sense Vi 

Uno-sense NT 

Tacto-sense Tf 

DURATION Tyo 

Rythm Tyos 

Vibration  To 

Conservation To 

Turning Ti 

Time Tyon 

Tense Tq 

Period  Te 

Event Ta 

Succession Tyor 

Coming Ty 

Persisting Tu 

Going T5 

BIOSITE Amo 

Persona Amos 

Individual Om 

Society Man 

Race Men 

Animal Amon 

Vertebrate Mem 

Molluscate Shel 

Annulate Test 

Plant Amor 

Exogen T^l 

Endogen Bal 

Cryptogam Del 


PARTS Zio 

Conexity Zios 

Density Zo 

Continuity Za 

Whole,  all Zi 

Number Zion 

Unit,  or  one Zq 

Place-term Ze 

Manyness Za 

Separanoe Zior 

Component Zy 

Diversity Zu 

Part Z6 

VITALITY Sheo 

Generation Slieos 

Sexation Sho 

Gestation Sha 

Maturation Shi 

Vitation Sheon 

Ingestion Shg 

Nutrition She 

Egestion Sha 

Motation Sheer 

Working StSn 

Restoring Sh6 

Locomotion Tra 

POWER Styo 

Transferee Sty  os 

Light Sto 

Gravity Sta 

Heat V 8ti 

Polation Styon 

Attraction Stg 

Changing Ste 

Repulsion Sta 

Force Styor 

The  Lever Sty 

Incline Stu 

Pull-Push StS 

SOMATE Ako 

Body Akos 

Head Ko 

Trunk Ra 

Limb Ki 

Element Akon 

Spirit Ro 

Ether Li 

Matter Mo 

Sphere Akor 

Globe Som 

Features My 

Form-unit L5n 


MATTER    AND    SPIRIT.  73 

^  Spirit  and  Matter.  The 
atoms  of  Matter  differ  from  those  of 
Spirit  in  three  particulars — in  their 
forms,  in  their  size,  and  in  their 
polarity.  The  atoms  of  matter  are 
bounded  by  straight  lines;  those  of 
Spirit  have  curved  surfaces '  and  rounded  outlines. 
Spirit  atoms  have  circular  polarity.  And  this  produces 
the  rounded  forms  which  prevail  everywhere  in  living 
objects,  in  all  plants,  cells,  and  animals.  In  the  com- 
position of  these,  spirit  atoms  of  some  kind  have  always 
taken  a  part.  Each  living  object,  like  each  individual 
cell,  has  a  circulation,  and  the  cause  of  this  lies  back 
in  the  ultimate  atoms.  In  the  higher  spirit  atoms,  the 
two  focuses  of  each  atom  approach  and  recede  from 
each  other  incessantly,  and  thus  produce  constant 
vibrations.  On  the  other  hand,  the  atoms  of  matter 
have  right-hne  polarity,  and  this  causes  straight  lines 
to  predominate  in  crystals.  The  waves  which  proceed 
from  atoms  of  matter  are  angular  in  form;  but  those 
from  atoms  of  spirit  are  curvilinear.  We  regard  the 
atom  of  oxygen  as  a  transition  form  between  spirit 
and  matter.  Scientists  believe  that  each  atom  has 
certain  points  where  it  can  attract,  or  repel,  and  those 
points  or  poles  are  its  means  of  junction  with  other 
atoms. 

The  atoms  of  spirit  possess  forms  quite  as  distinct 
and  persistent  as  those  of  matter.  This  has  nothing 
to  do  with  the  question  of  their  possessing  weight. 
They  are  not  subject  to  that  special  form  of  vibrations 
which  we  know  as  the  attraction  of  gravity,  or  weight. 
Just  as  glass  and  wood  are   not   affected  by  vibrations 


74  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

of  magnetism.  It  spirit  atoms  have  form,  they  must 
of  necessity  have  space.  For  we  can  not  conceive  a 
form,  a  circle  or  triangle  for  instance,  without  there 
being  space  between  its  two  sides.  It  does  not  follow 
that  the  ultimate  atoms  can  be  divided  because  they 
have  parts,  though  some  thinkers  have  tried  to  sup- 
pose it  did.  Divisibility  has  nothing  to  do  with  the 
size  of  a  thing.  If  it  had,  then  a  cubic  foot  of  steel 
would  be  more  easily  divided  than  a  mellow  apple. 

In  forming  the  human  body  it  is  the  spirit  that 
gives  shape  to  each  organ  and  part.  We  know  that 
during  gestation,  the  very  thoughts  of  the  mother  may 
change  the  form  of  the  features  in  the  child.  The 
body  is  not  cast  in  a  mold.  The  shaping  forces  are 
internal,  in  every  part.  In  each  organized  molecule 
the  atoms  of  spirit  are  definitely  united  with  those  of 
matter.  The  vibrations  of  vital  force  are  the  result  of 
both  kinds  of  atoms.  Geometry  teaches  us  that  every 
form,  every  curve,  is  the  product  of  certain  forces, 
acting  with  definite  ratios.  We  make  certain  move- 
ments to  produce  each  curve.  But  our  instruments, 
our  hands  and  our  bodies,  already  possess  form  or 
they  could  not  make  these  movements. 

In  the  visions  of  both  ancient  and  modern  times, 
when  spiritual  beings  have  been  seen,  they  have  pos- 
sessed as  definite  shapes  as  our  own.  If  spirits  occupied 
no  space,  as  many  people  have  imagined,  then  there 
would  be  no  difference  in  size  between  the  eye  of  an 
angel  and  his  whole  head!  His  head  and  his  feet 
might  be  in  the  same  place  at  exactly  the  same  time. 
We  do  not  need  to  accept  such  nonsense.  It  does  not 
explain   anything.       Nature  works   by  similar  methods 


THE   FORCES.  75 

in  the  minutest  and  the  largest  scales,  in  the  realms  of 
spirit  as  in  those  of  matter.  The  law  that  rounds  a 
dew-drop  also  rounds  the  star. 

The  substances  of  the  universe  may  be  included  in 
three  classes — Matter,  Ether,  and  Spirit.  In  this  place 
we  need  only  to  consider  the  universality  of  these  sub- 
stances. The  interstellar  spaces,  millions  of  miles  in 
extent,  appear  to  the  telescope  to  be  absolute  vacancies. 
But  everywhere  across  these  vast  apparent  intervals. 
Substance  is  just  as  continuous  as  it  is  in  solid  walls 
of  the  earth.  Where  it  appears  to  be  thin  and  highly 
attenuated,  the  intervals  between  the  atoms  of  matter  are 
occupied  by  the  ether.  And  the  ether  in  the  ordinary 
state  does  not  impress  our  senses  at  all.  Just  as  pure 
sunlight  appears  to  have  no  color  but  only  transparency 
to  our  organs  of  vision,  so  is  the  ether  transparent  to 
all  of  our  senses. 

The  movement  of  all  these  forces  consists  of  waves, 
or  a  series  of  vibrations.  And  certain  forms,  sizes,  and 
rates  of  rapidity  belong  to  each  kind  of  force.  These 
forms  are  partly  figured  in  the  chart  of  vibrations. 

All  forces  are  convertible,  transferable,  or  counter- 
active, in  measured  proportions.  A  definite  quantity 
of  one  always  produces,  or  else  counteracts,  a  definite 
quantity  of  another.  In  the  steam  engine,  heat  is  con- 
verted into  mechanical  motion.  When  a  body  falls 
and  strikes  the  earth,  heat  is  developed — gravity  has 
been  converted  into  heat. 

In  no  part  of  nature  is  there  any  such  thing  as 
absolute  rest.  Matter,  Spirit  and  Force  are  eternal. 
Either  may  assume  a  thousand  complex  forms  in  suc- 
cession, but  neither  can  ever  be  destroyed. 

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76  •     THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

Form  of  Brain  Waves.  The  full  page 
engravings  of  the  vibrations  shows  the  rounded  form 
of  the  waves  of  Memory;  the  constructive  waves  of 
Reason;  the  articulated  waves  of  Amity  or  Friend- 
ship; the  smooth  waves  of  Religion;  the  looped  waves 
of  Sex-love;  the  angulo  curves  of  Dignity;  the  sharp 
angles  from  Integrity  and  Liberty;  the  acute  angles  of 
Defense,  and  the  hooked  waves  of  Aversion. 

These  examples  show  that  the  form  of  the  waves 
corresponds  precisely  with  the  character  of  the  faculties 
from  which  they  are  radiated.  The  smooth,  attractive 
waves  of  Affection  are  in  broad  and  appropriate  con- 
trast to  the  harsh,  repulsive  waves  of  the  Defensive 
faculties.  Our  very  thoughts  and  feelings  have  their 
distinctive  shapes  and  impress  them  upon  the  outflow- 
ing waves.  The  prickling  sensations  under  the  excite- 
ment of  anger  are  very  different  from  the  soft  thrills 
of  affection.  An  instinctive  perception  of  these  truths 
has  determined  the  figures  of  speech  used  in  all 
languages.  Men  never  speak  of  love  as  rough,  or  of 
anger   as   being   smooth. 

The  waves  of  Sound  are  large  enough  so  that  we 
can  easily  make  them  diagram  themselves  and  thus 
examine  them  with  the  naked  eye,  and  study  their 
forms.  From  these  studies  many  of  the  laws  of  wave- 
movements  have  been  discovered,  and  these  have  been 
used  as  a  key  in  studying  the  minute  waves  of  the 
seven  forces.  For  these  latter  waves  are  so  small  as 
to  escape  all  ordinary  means  ol  scrutiny.  The  waves 
of  light,  for  example,  vary  from  the  37000th  part  of 
an  inch  in  red  light,  to  the  67500th  part  of  an  inch 
in   the   violet. 


CHART    OF    VIBRATIONS. 


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78  THE    BOOK    OF   LIFE. 

In  the  case  of  sounds,  any  given  note  has  waves  which 
are  exactly  twice  as  long  as  those  of  the  note  which 
is  an  octave  above  it.  The  ear  can  easily  distinguish 
eight  octaves  of  sound.  But  in  the  case  of  light,  the 
longest  and  the  shortest  wave  differ  only  as  a  single 
octave.  This  is  the  ordinary  range  of  the  eye.  The 
waves  of  red  are  twice  as  long  as  those  of  the  violet 
rays.  The  waves  of  nerve-force  form  a  series  of  colors 
which  constitute  the  next  octave  above  that  of  ordinary 
sunlight.  The  wave  chart  presents  some  character- 
istic forms  of  sound-waves. 

The  nerve-force  usually  travels  along  its  special 
conductors,  the  nerve-fibres,  while  it  is  within  the 
brain  and  body.  But  like  magnetism  it  can  readily 
flow  outside  of  its  conductors  when  it  reaches  their 
terminal  ends.  The  sheaths  of  the  fibres  insulate  the 
current  while  it  is  passing  along  the  fibre,  but  when 
the  current  reaches  either  the  cells  or  the  free  end  of 
the  fibre,  then  it  may  be  freely  radiated  into  space. 
Its  rate  of  movement  along  the  fibres  is  thought  to  be 
about  ninety  feet  per  second,  a  rate  which  is  very  slow 
in  comparison  with  that  of  magnetism  or  electricity. 
The  nerves  are  capable  of  transmitting  currents  of 
electricity.  They  can  be  made  to  do  this  even  when 
compressed.  But  if  we  press  upon  a  nerve,  that 
pressure  will  stop  the  current  of  nerve-force  and  pre- 
vent its  passing.  We  see  from  this  that  the  nerve- 
force  is  not  electricity,  although  they  have  many 
points   of  resemblance. 

Nerve-Spheres.  The  nerve-force  constantly 
radiates  from  each  organ,  and  it  thus  passes  from  us 
in  all  directions  through    space.     Each  person  is  thus 


AUROSPHERES.  79 

constantly  surrounded  by  a  nerve-sphere  which  cor- 
responds to  his  own  character.  Through  these  spheres 
we  either  attract  or  repel  those  who  are  around  us. 
We  mentally  impress  others  and  are  impressed  by  them. 

These  pulsating  brain  waves,  these  swift  lines  of 
thought  and  feeling,  sometimes  reach  a  few  feet,  and 
sometimes  many  miles.  But  whether  extending  a  great 
or  a  less  distance,  there,  around  every  person,  is  this 
vital  sphere  of  silent  power,  reflecting  and  transmitting 
every  mood  and  impulse  that  sweeps  through  the  soul. 

When  two  friends  approach  each  other,  there  is 
a  beautiful  play  of  colors  as  the  nerve  currents  from 
them  meet  and  blend,  one  after  another,  and  when 
the  two  friends  become  fixed  in  position,  the  waves 
returning  to  each  give  a  new  series  of  luminous  har- 
monies.  Sometimes  the  currents  from  some  organs 
will  blend,  and  that  from  others  will  not.  In  that 
case,  the  two  friends  can  only  partly  sympathize  in 
feeling  or  thought.  When  the  blending  is  complete, 
we  may  read   the   very   thoughts   of  our  associates. 

These  exchanges  are  constantly  taking  place  and 
all  persons  feel  their  influence,  whether  such  persons 
are  called  sensitive  or  not.  The  highest  eflbrt  of 
clairvoyance  is  but  the  exaltation  of  this  nerve-sense, 
which  all  persons  exercise  in  a  greater  or  less  degree. 

The  nerve  force  is  governed  by  the  general  laws 
which  belong  to  the  other  forces,  and  these  laws  must 
be  used  in  studying  mental  phenomena. 

Each  organ  of  sense,  that  is,  the  eye,  the  ear,  the 
nose,  the  tongue  and  the  skin,  contains  a  mechanism 
exactly  adapted  to  receive  vibrations.  Each  [has  vibrat- 
ing  rods,  membranes,  or  plates.       Through   these   we 


80  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

are  able  to   perceive  vibrations   from   the   great   forces 
of  the  universe. 

Interference  of  Brain  Waves.  A  current 
of  nerve-force  from  one  organ  may  meet  and  neutralize 
that  from  another  by  interference.  This  is  according 
to  a  general  law  of  all  the  forces,  when  the  crests  of 
the  waves  in  one  correspond  to  those  of  the  other, 
they  are  increased  in  their  intensity;  but  when  the 
crests  of  one  fall  into  the  depression  of  the  other,  they 
neutralize  each  other.  This  is  illustrated  in  the  Wave- 
chart  in  the  section  on  the  Universal  Language.  The 
waves  V  and  L  meet  at  U  while  going  in  nearly  the 
same  direction.  They  produce  a  wave  which  is  equal 
to  them  both  in  volume.  But  the  waves  N  and  Z 
meet  at  S  while  going  in  contrary  directions.  They 
become  neutralized  or  converted  into  some  other  kind 
of  a  movement.  All  this  can  be  easily  demonstrated 
in  the  case  of  waves  of  light  and  sound.  It  is  quite 
as  true  of  the  nerve  force  that  passes  between  people. 
In  this  way  we  may  neutralize  and  overcome  evil  with 
good. 

^A^aves  in  Dreams.  When  we  are  asleep  and 
dreaming,  the  great  brain  currents  no  longer  sweep 
along  with  their  accustomed  force  and  rapidity.  They 
are  now  tardy  or  wholly  quiescent.  Other  lesser  cur- 
rents, flowing  in  other  and  cross  directions,  now  pre- 
vail in  all  parts  of  the  brain.  These  minor  currents 
mix  up  the  mental  images  in  a  fragmentary  and  patch- 
work manner.  They  form  the  grotesque  and  illogical 
combinations  in  which  dreams  abound. 

But  there  are  dreams  which  are  perfectly  logical 
and  connected.       For  sometimes  m  sleep  the   mind   is 


NERVE    COLORS.  81 

especially  sensitive  and  passive,  and  then  clear  impres- 
sions of  ideas,  or  of  facts,  may  be  received  from  other 
minds,  or  even  from  our  surroundings.  Many  such 
dreams  are  recorded  in  history. 

Colors  of  Nerve-Force.  Each  organ  of  the 
brain  radiates  a  nerve-light  of  a  distinctive  color.  Thus, 
from  Ambition  the  light  may  be  bright  or  dull,  clear 
or  impure  in  tone,  but  it  will  always  be  a  crimson  or 
reddish  purple.  These  colors  are  shown  in  the  full-page 
view  of  the  nerve  spheres.  The  author  of  this  book 
was  the  first  person  who  analyzed  these  colors  and 
traced  them  to  their  source  in  the  separate  groups. 
This  was  done,  and  the  proper  diagrams  painted,  in  the 
year   1859. 

The  light  from  the  group  of  Perception  or  Arts,  is 
pearl  grey  or  opal,  from  Letters,  sapphire  blue;  from 
Science,  azure  or  turquoise;  from  Culture,  emerald;  from 
Marriage,  orange;  from  Religion,  lemon  yellow  or  cream; 
from  Familism,  amber  or  old  gold;  from  Sensation, 
salmon;  from  Rulership,  crimson,  ruby  or  purple;  from 
Labor,  scarlet;  from  Wealth,  garnet  red;  and  from  Com- 
merce,  maroon. 

The  dominant  color  in  the  intellectual  groups  is 
blue;  in  Affection  it  is  yellow;  and  in  Volition  it  is 
red.  These  are  regarded  as  the  primary  colors  of 
nature,  by  the  scientists.  These  mental  classes  and  their 
colors  may  well  be  compared  to  the  climatic  zones  of  the 
earth.  The  cool  Intellect  is  the  north  temperate  zone. 
The  genial  bands  of  Affection  are  the  south  part  of  the 
temperate  zone.  And  the  organs  of  Volition  are  hot, 
fiery  and  impulsive,  the  torrid  zone  of  mentality. 

These  facts  furnish  a  clear  guide  for  the  application 


82  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

of  color  in  costume,  architecture,  and  landscape.  Every 
color  exerts  a  definite  influence  on  that  group  of  mental 
faculties  which  radiates  a  similar  color.  The  world  of 
color  beauty,  in  nature  and  art,  becomes  full  of  living 
significance.  The  costumes  in  each  of  the  twelve 
departments  have  their  own  proper  color.  Thus  in 
the  department  of  Rulership  the  members  wear  cnm- 
son,    or   its   complements,    green,    yellow,    or   maroon. 

The  nerve-force  is  finer  than  ordinary  sunlight,  and 
it  is  hence  impossible  to  represent  its  extreme  beauty 
and  delicacy  in  a  painting  or  an  engraving. 

The  nerve-force  bears  closer  analogies  to  light  than 
to  any  other  of  the  forces.  It  has  often  been  seen 
by  sensitives,  under  a  slightly  increased  intensity  of 
common  vision.  The  rods  and  cones  of  the  eye 
become  more  tense  under  some  forms  of  mental 
excitement,  and  consequently  they  vibrate  to  the  fine 
waves  of  nerve-force.  It  may  then  appear  as  a  soft, 
diffused  light  around  the  head  and  form,  or  it  may 
shoot  out  in  broad  glowing  bands,  like  the  aurora; 
or  it  may  form  iridescent  clouds,  at  a  greater  or  less 
distance  from  the  person.  The  light  from  the  seven 
upper  groups  often  ''appears  like  a  crown  of  spiritual 
brightness,  decorated  with  flaming  jewels. ' '  These  bands 
form  the  ''Crown  of  Life"  which  must  and  will  adorn 
the  heads  of  the  good  and  wise. 

The  meanings  given  to  colors  in  the  experiments 
of  sensitives  are  in  full  harmony  with  all  that  science 
has  developed  on  this  subject  in  other  fields  of  inquiry. 
The  experiments  of  Prof.  J.  W.  Draper  on  the  effects 
which  colors  have  on  plant  growth  have  shown  that 
the  orange,  yellow  and  green  rays  of  the  sunbeam  are 


SYMBOLS   IN   STONES.  83 

the  chief  ones  which   effect   the  work   of  vital  organi- 
zation  in   the   plant-tissues. 

The  use  of  symbolic  colors  in  the  religion  and  art  of 
different  nations,  from  the  earliest  times,  have  also 
shown  an  instinctive  sense  of  the  true  significance  of 
colors.  We  see  this  in  the  royal  purple  of  rulership, 
in  the  yellow  flames  of  religious  fires,  and  in  the  green 
robes  of  regeneration  and  hope.  In  the  arts  of  painting, 
the  yellow  colors  are  classed  as  warm  and  soft,  the 
reds  are  hot  and  positive,  while  the  blues  and  greys 
are  cool  and  sober. 

"  In  their  effects  on  health,  the  rays  of  the  red  and 
the  orange  are  blood  animating  or  warming,  the  orange 
and  yellow  are  nerve  animating,  the  green  and  blue 
are   nerve   soothing." 

The  Precious  Stones  used  for  the  twelve 
departments  or  characters  are  these  :  Opal  or  pearl,  for 
art;  sapphire,  for  letters;  turquoise,  for  science;  emer- 
ald, bloodstone,  or  malachite,  for  culture;  orange  topaz, 
for  marriage;  topaz,  for  religion;  amber  topaz,  for 
familism;  sard  or  banded  onyx,  for  home;  ruby,  for 
rulership;  almondite  or  red  jasper,  for  labor;  garnet  or 
carbuncle,  for  wealth,  and  dark  garnet,  for  commerce. 

The  Banner.  The  Banner  has  a  dark  brown 
or  a  maroon  border  on  each  side,  and  the  middle  is 
a  deep  orange.  On  this  is  placed  the  twelve-rayed  sun, 
an  emblem  of  the  twelve  departments,  or  else  the  head 
Model  of  Society.  Each  group  may  also  have  a  banner 
of  the  color  belonging  to  that  special  group.  That  of 
the  group  of  Culture  would  be  green,  and  that  of  Labor 
scarlet.  The  twelve-rayed  sun  is  the  Sun  of  Righteous- 
ness. For  it  shows  the  balance  of  all  the  groups. 
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84 


THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 


Philosophy  of  Healing. 
The  power  to  heal  is  in  the 
nature  of  life  itself  This  power 
resides  in  each  microscopic  cell, 
through  all  the  tissues  of  the 
living  body.  If  we  break  off  a 
piece  from  a  crystal,  or  from 
any  mineral  body,  it  remains 
helplessly  broken ;  it  can  not 
repair  or  heal  itself  On  the 
other  hand,  if  we  turn  to  the  world  of 
living  objects,  and  if  we  examine  the 
microscopic  cells  which  compose  all 
living  tissues,  what  do  we  find  ?  Every 
one  of  these  cells  has  the  vital  power  to 
heal  itself  The  cells  confer  this  power 
of  healing  upon  the  whole  plant  or  animal, 
of  which  they  are  component  parts.  When  any  part 
of  the  body  is  injured  or  diseased,  the  vital  forces  set 
to  work  at  once  to  repair  the  injury.  They  work 
spontaneously;  they  do  not  wait  for  somebody  to  tell 
them.  They  deposit  an  extra  supply  of  blood,  new 
cells  are  developed,  and  new  tissues  are  formed.  The 
forces  of  healing  are  within  the  parts  themselves,  but 
we  may  supply  external  conditions  which  favor  this 
interior  process.  We  may  rest  the  injured  part  while 
it  is  healing;  we  may  give  it  an  even  temperature;  or 
we  may  give  it  the  protection  of  an  extra  covering. 

You  have  your  patient  sitting  before  you.  By  a 
steady  and  strong  exertion  of  your  own  will,  you 
direct  all  your  thoughts  and  feelings  into  one  channel. 
You    awaken    the    higher    thoughts    and    emotions    of 


HEALING    METHODS.  85 

your  own  mind,  and  by  your  manner,  your  conversa- 
tion and  your  presence,  these  will  awaken  the  same 
things,  the  same  mental  condition,  in  your  patient. 
The  health-bearing  currents  now  flow  down  from  his 
brain  to  his  body,  through  the  million  of  nerve  tubules 
in  his  spinal  cord.  You  continue  in  this  way  for  thirty 
minutes  or  more,  and  these  waves  of  force  constantly 
increase  in  their  intensity  and  power,  according  to  a 
well  known  law  which  governs  all  vibrations.  If  you 
are  interrupted,  or  if  you  turn  away  your  thoughts, 
the  currents  are  broken  and  lose  their  power.  These 
currents  depolarize  the  disease.  That  is,  in  a  diseased 
organ  the  vibrations  are  discordant,  angular  and  de- 
structive. But  the  new  currents  displace  that  bad  state 
of  polar  action  in  the  vital  tissues.  And  in  place  of  it 
they  establish  the  normal  polar  action  of  health. 

All  of  these  truths  apply  also  when  we  treat 
patients  by  actual  contact  and  passes  over  the  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  body.  The  contact  simply  allows 
a   more   intense   passage   of  vital  forces  to  the  patient. 

The  healer  and  patient  together  form  a  battery. 
As  a  rule  they  are  both  necessary,  just  as  two  sub- 
stances are  required  in  a  common  magnetic  battery  in 
order  to  generate  the  current.  Hence  a  person  can- 
not so  easily  treat  himself.  His  social  faculties  require 
the  presence  of  another  person  to  awaken  them.  It 
is  quite  true  that  every  person  has  a  battery  in  his 
own  brain.  Its  two  centers,  the  motus  and  sensus, 
are  positive  and  receptive  with  regard  to  each  other. 
But  the  will  of  a  sick  man  is  not  steady  enough  for 
self-action.  It  needs  the  influence  of  a  second  per- 
son, in  most  cases,  to  establish  the  necessary  balance. 


86  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

What  shall  you  say  to  the  patient.  We  will  con- 
dense  it   in   seven   heads.     Tell   him — 

1st.  That  the  work  of  healing  is  always  done 
by   the   vital   forces. 

2nd.  These  forces  are  under  the  directing  influ- 
ence  of  the   mind   or   spirit. 

3rd.  When  we  think  steadily  ot  any  part  of  the 
body  as  being  diseased,  then  we  are  actually  send- 
ing down  to  that  part  such  angular  brain-waves  as 
will   continue   the  disease. 

4th.  If  we  think  steadily  of  health,  then  the  waves 
will  be  of  such  a  form  as  will  tend  to  heal  and 
restore  the  part.  These  waves  will  be  rounded, 
smooth,    and   constructive. 

5th.  The  forces  of  the  brain  and  mind  can  purify 
the  blood,  give  it  a  healthy  tone,  and  thus  send 
health  to  every  part.  For  as  the  blood  passes  through 
the  brain  every  thought,  feeling,  and  impulse  makes 
an  impression  on  it,  and  the  blood  carries  these  im- 
pressions to  all  parts  of  the  body. 

6th.  The  sense  of  fear  in  the  mind  tends  to  relax 
and  lower  the  tone  of  all  the  tissues  and  it  thus 
invites  disease.  Fear,  anger,  hate,  and  jealousy  all  pro- 
duce the  angular  and  destructive  form  of  brain -waves. 

7th.  The  patient's  faculties  of  will  are  to  be  exercised, 
not  so  as  to  be  positive  and  repellant,  but  rather  so  as  to 
unitize  and  control  his  own  feelings,  and  to  fix  them 
steadily  and  hopefully  on  health  and  the  healing  forces. 

Provided  you  are  careful  not  to  weary  and  distract 
your  patient,  you  may  elaborate  these  basic  state- 
ments at  your  pleasure.  You  would  hardly  give 
them    all   in   one   lesson. 


THE   SACRIFICES.  87 

/\^T^^^(^Q>|^^^The  Ancient  Sacrifices 

^L  ^ w     \  ^^^^ —    ^      were  feasts,  offered  by  man 

^    ]p[  ^  ^^ZtBKCK     ^^  Yehovah  or  to  the  gods. 

Every  sacrifice  consisted  of 
FOOD.  It  must  be  ready  to  be  eaten  before  it  could 
be  offered  or  accepted.  And  it  expressed  either 
good  will,  gratitude,  or  spiritual  healing  and  recon- 
ciliation. The  Mosaic  Law  was  very  careful  to  exclude 
the  idea  of  death,  of  pain,  or  of  punishment,  from  the 
sacrifice.     These  formed  no  part  of  its  meaning. 

This  is  proved  by  the  very  words  which  are  applied 
in  naming  the  sacrifices  in  the  Bible.  The  word  Zebach 
means  to  offer,  to  slay  for  food;  Minchaah  means  a 
tribute,  a  gift;  Olah  means  that  which  ascends;  Kataah 
means  a  sin,  a  sin  offering.  None  of  these  words 
mean  killing,  or  the  infliction  of  pain,  or  penalty,  or 
vengeance.  The  Hebrew  language  could  easily  have 
furnished  such  words  if  they  had  expressed  the  true 
character  of  any  sacrifice. 

The  blood  contains  all  the  elements  of  life,  and 
Yehovah  says  that  this  is  why  it  was  used  in  sacrifices. 
Theologians  had  no  right  to  change  these  positive 
statements   of   the   law. 

In  the  Old  Testament  the  common  word  for  Atone- 
ment is  Cofer,  meaning  "to  cover."  And  in  the  work 
of  healing  in  the  body,  the  first  thing  nature  does  is 
to  cover  the  part  with  blood,  both  to  supply  new 
materials  and  to  protect  the  part  while  healing  pro- 
ceeds. The  Bible  uses  exacdy  the  right  word.  And 
the  blood  is  a  true  symbol  of  spiritual  healing.  And  as 
the  blood  is  formed  from  the  food,  therefore  the  food 
itself  was  also  used  as  a  symbol  in  the  sacrifices. 


OO  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

The  act  of  forgiveness  is  a  voluntary  attempt  to 
overcome  wrong  conditions  and  to  restore  harmony 
between  two  beings.  It  is  thus  a  fulfillment  of  the 
law  of  spiritual  responses.  It  is  perfectly  natural  both 
to  forgive  others  and  to  seek  forgiveness  for  ourselves. 
It  simply  stops  the  evil  internal  action  at  a  certain 
point  and  allows  the  healing  powers  to  commence  and 
carry  on  the  work  of  spiritual  cure. 

Obedience  and  Law.  Obedience  brings  Life, 
in  every  sphere  of  existence.  For  the  human  consti- 
tution, the  nature  of  our  faculties  and  their  laws  of 
action,  remain  the  same  whether  we  exist  in  a  physical 
or  a  spiritual  world.  We  may  fail  to  fulfill,  but  we 
can  not  break  or  destroy  a  law.  Thus  it  is  a  law  of 
circulation  that  the  finger  must  receive  blood  through 
its  arteries  and  return  this  toward  the  heart  through  its 
veins,  in  order  to  maintain  its  life.  Now  if  we  cut  off 
the  finger,  the  law  can  no  longer  be  obeyed,  but  it 
remains  in  existence  all  the  same,  and  therefore  the 
finger  loses  its  life.  If  the  law  were  really  destroyed, 
if  it  ceased  to  be  true,  then  possibly  the  life  of  the 
finger  might  continue  after  the  violation. 

The  same  living  organs,  the  same  vital  powers, 
are  in  action  in  states  of  disease  as  in  states  of  health. 
In  disease,  these  organs  or  powers  have  been  interfered 
with,  by  bad  conditions.  The  process  of  cure  consists 
in  restoring  good  conditions,  and  in  adding  such  new 
ones  as  the  altered  states  of  the  organs  demand. 

Length  of  Life.  The  amount  of  life  is  meas- 
ured by  the  variety  of  powers,  and  the  ability  to  resist 
those  causes  which  tend  to  destroy  the  body.  This 
quantity  increases   from    infancy  to   maturity.       Causes 


LENGTH    OF    LIFE.  89 

which  would  destroy  the  Hfe  of  a  child,  seem  scarcely 
to  affect  the  health  of  an  adult.  There  is  no  reason, 
that  we  have  learned,  why  our  physical  existence  might 
not  be  continued  indefinitely,  if  all  the  conditions  of 
life   were  fully   maintained. 

Life  is  maintained  by  a  constant  balance  between  the 
internal  and  the  external  forces.  The  quantity  of  life 
increases  from  infancy  up  to  maturity.  When  maturity 
is  reached,  for  a  number  of  years  the  internal  forces 
are  able  to  keep  up  an  even  balance  against  those 
which  are  outside  the  body.  "  If  repair  were  always 
identical  with  waste,  life  would  then  only  be  terminated 
by  accident,  never  by  old  age."  But  men  are  igno- 
rant of  vital  laws  and  conditions;  they  fail  to  observe 
them.  The  outside  forces  begin  to  prevail,  and  the 
internal  power  grows  less  and  less,  until  at  last  old 
age  terminates  in  dissolution.  Can  this  be  prevented? 
Can  the  vital  balance  be  perpetually  maintained  ? 
Science  answers,  yes,  if  we  knew  and  obeyed  the  vital 
laws  of  spiritual  and  physical  health.  We  do  keep 
the  better  side  of  the  antagonizing  forces  during  forty 
years  of  life.  It  is  no  more  difficult  to  maintain  the 
balance  for  a  thousand  years.  The  life  of  each  person  is 
bound  up  with  that  of  others.  It  is  affected  on  every 
side  by  their  life  and  conduct.  Hence  human  life  can 
be  greatly  prolonged  only  by  the  collective  obedience 
of  society.     This  requires  true  institutions. 

Men  can  not  be  saved  simply  as  individuals. 
And  no  such  salvation  is  promised,  either  in  the 
Bible  or  by  science.  In  the  redeemed  earth,  the 
whole  human  race  is  to  act  as  one  vast  body,  with  a 
composite   spiritual   life. 


90  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

Worth  of  Life.  But  suppose  that  we  were  not 
assured  of  immortality,  yet  we  can  be  absolutely  cer- 
tain that  human  life  could  be  ushered  in  by  a  painless 
birth,  that  through  long  centuries  it  can  be  one  scene 
of  unalloyed  happiness,  and  when  old  age  should 
finally  come,  it  would  be  a  gradual  fading  out  of  life. 
We  know  that  for  generation  after  generation  human 
beings  must  live  on  this  earth.  And  the  possibility  of 
removing  the  great  evils  of  the  race  is  sufficient  to 
move  us  to  the  mightiest  efforts  to  transform  the  old 
conditions  of  human  life,  and  banish  the  dark  hosts 
of  disease,  of  social  wretchedness,  and  of  national 
discord  from  the  fair  face  of  the  earth. 

Future  of  the  Earth.  The  past  achievements 
of  science  and  art  lead  us  to  expect  the  most  wonder- 
ful results  in  the  future,  from  the  modifications  of  the 
climate,  the  soil,  and  the  surface  of  the  earth. 

New  chemical  discoveries  will  unlock  the  icy  zones 
of  the  north  and  the  south,  clothe  them  with  verdure, 
and  cool  the  hot  breath  of  the  tropics  to  the  freshness 
of  temperate   climes. 

Under  a  system  of  combined  industry,  the  civil 
engineers  will  reclaim  the  deserts  and  make  them  blossom 
as  the  rose.  Vast  industrial  armies  will  be  animated 
by  a  noble  enthusiasm  in  making  the  earth  a  garden 
of  beauty,  the  fit  abode  of  a  redeemed  race. 

The  stability  of  the  earth  is  secured  by  cosmic  laws 
whose  cycles  sweep  through  millions  and  billions  of 
years.  Standing  before  that  sublime  vista,  the  human 
race  may  well  ask  itself  if  it  is  not  eminently  worth 
its  while  to  place  itself  in  harmony  with  those  majestic 
laws   of  the   universe. 


PART  THIRD. 


^>l      THE  SOLAR  MAN. 

I 

The  Cypher  of  the 

Universe    is    an    Ellipse. 

It  is  not  a  circle,  as  the 

ancients    believed.       Let 

us  study   the  little  world 

of  man,   the   microcosm, 

and  compare  it  with   the 

greater  universe.     On  the 

Astro      Chart      of     the      Twelve      Houses,     in      the 

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Chart  of  Equators,  and  on 
the  others,  we  see  two  great 
lines  and  four  cardinal  points. 
The  major  axis  of  the  brain 
corresponds  to  the  equator  of ' 
the  earth.  The  currents  of 
electricity  follow  the  sun's  path 
around  the  world. 

In  the  brain,  the  east  and 
west  current  is  a  nerve-force 
that  corresponds  to  the  elec- 
tric currents  of  the  earth. 
This  axis  reaches  from  the 
faculties  of  Labor  to  the  in- 
tellect. 

The  great  magnetic  line  of 
the  brain  is  the  minor  axis, 
reaching  upward  from  Sensa- 
tion to  Religion.  The  north 
pole  in  man  is  warm  with 
radiant  light. 

The  magnetic  and  electric 
lines  cross  each  other  at  right 
angles,  according  to  the  law 
of  diamagnetism.  Beginning 
with  the  south,  the  four  car- 
dinal points  in  human  life  are 
the  Home,  Science,  Religion, 
and  Labor.  These  hold  the  balancing  scales  of  human 
happiness.  Our  upward  attractions  center  in  religion 
and  our  forward  ones  in  science  and  letters.  Under 
the  combined  action  of  these  two,  we  take  the  diagonal 


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EQUATORS. 


93 


between  them,  so  that 
our  actual  course  is 
both  "onward  and 
upward. ' '  Here  on  the 
Astro  chart  is  marked 
the  word  Attraction. 
It  corresponds  to  the 
time  of  the  summer 
solstice,  the  21st  of 
June.  On  this  line  is 
the  greatest  intensity 
and  clearness  of  all  the 
spiritual  light  radiated 
by  the  brain.  Just  as 
the  summer  solstice 
gives  the  greatest  in- 
tensity of  solar  light  to 
w*iit..K;>i^-  ->«7a»fnai  II  *vx^  the  earth.  And  hence 
^  '    ^^^  we   mark   this    region 

on  the  chart  as  the  realm  of  Light,  while  the  opposite 
diagonal  in  the  back  brain  is  marked  as  Darkness. 
The  dominance  of  faculties  in  the  first  region  gives  us 
Heaven.  The  rule  of  faculties  in  the  second  diagonal 
would  produce  Hell,  in  us  and  for  us.  We  can  choose 
between   them. 

The  broad  band  extending  east  and  west  on  the 
upper  part  of  the  Chart  of  Equators  is  marked  as  the 
Zone  of  Civilization.  In  this  zone  the  great  men  ot 
the  world  have  been  born,  whether  in  religion,  gov- 
ernment, science,  or  the  arts.  In  the  brain,  this  zone 
covers  the  faculties  of  culture,  science,  marriage,  and 
industry. 


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Proportions. 
Twelve  squares  drawn  in  each  direc- 
tion will  accurately  divide  off  the 
proportions  of  the  various  parts  of 
the  human  form.  This  scale  applies 
to  both  the  external  and  the  internal 
parts.  Thus  the  brain  is  a  twelfth,  the 
heart  and  lungs  form  another  twelfth, 
and  the  pelvic  organs  another.  The 
extended  arms  reach  as  far  as  the 
person  is  tall;  "the  height,  length, 
and  breadth  are  equal,"  as  was  said 
of  the  New  Jerusalem.  This  scale  ap- 
plies to  every  well  proportioned  adult 
person,  and  to  the  great  works  of  ancient  and  modern 
statuary.  It  was  discovered  by  William  Page,  the  artist. 
An  outlay  of  the  human  head,  drawn  in  straight 
lines,  will  also  give  us  a  scale  of  twelve.  The  opening 
of  the  ear  lies  against  the  Centron,  the  pivot  of  action 
between  the  brain  and  the  body.  From  this  point  w^e 
see  that  the  nose  forms  one  angle  of  a  twelfth,  the  mouth 
and  chin  form  one,  and  the  forehead  is  one.  The  groups 
of  Culture,  Religion,  and  Rulership  each  form  a  twelfth 
at  the  top  head.  Labor,  Wealth,  and  Commerce,  each 
form  an  angle  at  the  back.  Thus  the  number  twelve  is 
the  basis  of  construction  in  both  the  body  and  the  brain. 


Tftfi  Stals  tf  TY^lYfti. 


VCTNITERSITY 


MEASURE   OF    MAN. 


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Physical  Responses. 
The  engraved  Measure  of  a 
Man  will  illustrate  a  series  of 
interesting  and  important  re- 
sponses between  the  different 
parts  of  the  body.  Each 
square  of  the  body  is  num- 
bered from  the  feet  upward. 
The  first  square  responds 
in  sympathy  and  action  to 
the  fourth;  the  1st  and  7th 
respond;  the  1st  and  12th; 
the  4th  and  7th;  the  7th  and 
10th;  the  10th  and  12th;  the 
7th  and  12th;  and  the  7th 
and  9th. 

Uniting  the  arm  and  the 
body,  and  naming  squares  of 
the  arm  first  each  time,  then 
the  5th  and  7th  respond;  the 
5th  and  10th,  the  5th  and 
12th. 

These  physical  responses 
are  the  basis  of  physical  cul- 
ture, of  caressing,  and  of 
many  sense-relations  in  the 
fine  arts. 

This   measure  of  man   is 

marked   with   the   syllables    of   three   musical   octaves. 

The   BASE   octave   is   from    the  feet  to  the  pelvis.     Mi 

and  fa  only  take  one  square,  the  semi-tone  disappears. 

The  SOPRANO  octave  begins  with  the  pelvis  and   ends 


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RESPONSES.  97 

with  the  brain.  In  this  octave  mi  and  fa  occupy 
the  square  of  the  stomach  and  Hver,  while  la  and 
si  are  on  the  square  of  the  neck  and  face.  The 
BARITONE  or  tenor  octave  begins  with  the  hand  and 
ends   on   the   breast,    on    sol    of  the    soprano    octave. 

Now  in  both  their  physical  and  their  spiritual 
action,  these  parts  respond  according  to  the  harmonic 
law  of  thirds,  fifths,  and  octaves.  By  knowing  the 
musical  chords,  we  will  know  in  just  what  order 
these  parts  of  the  body  must  be  excited  in  order  to 
produce  harmony.  In  caressing  and  in  many  other 
ways  these  parts  may  be  brought  into  harmonic  action. 
By  placing  the  hands  on  any  part  of  the  body  we 
excite  the  faculties  connected  with  that  part.  By  these 
movements  of  the  hands  in  caressing  we  may  evoke 
many  series  of  spiritual  harmonies  just  as  we  produce 
sound  harmonies  on  the  keys  of  the  piano,  or  any 
other   musical   instrument. 

At  the  beginning  of  this  century  Charles  Fourier 
conjectured  that  the  mental  faculties  and  the  types  of 
character  were  governed  by  musical  laws.  But  it  was 
not  until  the  author's  discoveries  were  made  in  1860 
that  any  of  these  chords  were  definitely  known  and 
marked  on  the  maps  of  the  body  and  brain. 

In  the  table  of  mental  chords  a  part  of  these  har- 
monic relations  are  given.  Some  of  those  belonging 
to  odors  and  flavors  are  given  in  the  chart  of  Sym- 
phonies. Man  will  not  develop  these  harmonies  by 
unaided  instinct.  They  require  the  use  of  science,  art, 
and  invention,  no  less  than  the  wealth  of  music  which 
contributes  so  largely  to  the  happiness  of  man  in 
modern   civilization. 


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TABLE  OF  MENTAL  CHORDS. 

These  polar  organs  of  the  first  degree,  point  in  opposite 
directions,  and  display  the  most  striking  contrasts  of  action. 
Thus  Amity  attracts,  but  Defense  repels.  The  repulsive  organ 
is  placed  first  in  each  contrast. 


Energy 

and  Feeling. 

Secrecy 

and  Manners. 

Control 

"    Appetite. 

Aversion 

"     Sexation. 

Courage 

"     Fear. 

Destruction 

"     Love. 

Mobility 

"     Patriotism. 

Defense 

"     Amity. 

Control 

"     Mobility. 

Aggression 

"     Reform. 

Economy 

"     Kindness. 

Liberty 

"     Serving. 

Dignity 

"     Modesty. 

Integrity 

"     Destruction. 

The  organs  compared  in  this  table  occupy  zones  of  parallel 
direction  in  the  two  hemispheres.  Thus  firmness  in  one  hemis- 
phere, points  in  a  direction  parallel  to  that  of  control  in  the  other. 
They  are  analogous,  and  they  co-operate  and  exchange  functions. 


Form 

and  Construction. 

Love 

and  Reverence. 

Attention 

"     Impression. 

Stability 

"     Control. 

Inspiration 

"     Imagination. 

Dignity 

"     Control. 

Kindness 

"     Hospitality. 

Liberty 

"     Caution. 

Reform 

"     Devotion. 

Aggression 

"     Economy. 

Faith 

"     Worship. 

Mobility 

"     Excitement. 

An  organ  may  respond  to,  and  exchange  functions  with,  the 
third,  fifth,  or  seventh  one  above  or  below  it;  and  it  also  co-oper- 
ates with  those  in  front  and  back  of  itself.  This  action  corres- 
ponds to  that  of  thirds,  fifths,  and  octaves  in  music. 


THIRDS. 

Form 

and  Number. 

Integrity 

and  Liberty. 

Reason 

"     Color. 

Parenity 

"     Patriotism 

Memory 

"     Imitation. 

Fidelity 

"     Integrity. 

Construction 

"     Words. 

Caution 

"     Defense. 

Faith 

"     Hope. 

Defension 

"     Ambition. 

Sensation 

"     Sexation. 

Parention 

"     Religion. 

FIFTHS. 

Color  and  Truth. 

Form  "     Order. 

Words  "     Imagination. 

Patriotism         "     Love. 
Impression        "     Devotion. 


OCTAVES. 

Feeling  and  Zeal. 

Serving  "     Victory. 

Reverence        "     Faith. 
Reason  "     Control. 

Destruction      "     Integrity. 


POLAR    LINES. 


99 


Polar  Sides.  The 
front  of  the  body,  as  a 
whole,  radiates  Attractive 
force.  The  regions  on  the 
Solar  Chart  are  marked  by 
the  four  words,  "attractive 
and  formative,"  "positive 
and  repulsive. "  On  the 
Chart  of  Polarities,  they  are 
seen  in  the  lines  of  move- 
ment. 

The  Solar  Chart,  or  micro- 
cosm, illustrates  in  a  com- 
prehensive way  the  general 
relations  of  the  human  con- 
stitution to  the  universe. 
These  are  marked  in  such  a 
way  that  they  can  be  readily  studied.  The  upper  and 
front  parts  of  the  chest  form  the  region  of  the  mag- 
netic, receptive,  or  converging  forces,  and  are  responsive 
to  the  influences  of  daytime,  of  light,  the  atmosphere, 
etc.  Corresponding  to  this  on  the  back  is  the  region 
of  electric,  positive,  and  diverging  forces.  Around 
the  lower  and  back  part  of  the  trunk  are  radiated  the 
forces  of  dispersion,  the  influences  of  coldness,  of 
night  and  darkness.  The  lower  and  front  parts  of  the 
trunk  are  the  realm  of  relaxation,  of  liquids  and  of 
warmth.  The  legs  and  feet  place  man  in  dynamic 
sympathy  with  the  earths  and  soils,  with  the  animal, 
vegetable,  and  mineral  world  in  general. 

The  body  as  a  whole  has  upper  and  lower  spheres, 
with  their  junction  at   the   minor   axis   or  minoris,  the 

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100  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

line  of  vital  balance.  This  crosses  the  Solaris,  or  solar 
plexus,  just  back  of  the  stomach.  The  solar  chart  is 
drawn  with  the  body  enclosed  by  an  ellipse.  In  this 
figure  we  see  that  the  upper  focus  is  at  the  centron, 
just  by  the  ear.  This  is  the  great  focus  of  our  indi- 
vidual, conscious  life.  The  lower  focus  is  that  for  the 
life  of  the  race,  in  the  sex-organs,  as  marked  outside 
the  hips  on  our  Solar  Chart.  These  focal  points  are 
distinctly  marked  on  the  small  chart  of  Polarities. 

The  Seven  Spheres.  Starting  from  the 
Solaris  as  a  center,  we  see  a  series  of  seven  circles 
on  the  chart.  The  first  circle  or  sphere  includes  the 
stomach,  liver,  spleen,  and  pancreas.  These  form  the 
center  of  our  nutritive  life.  But  its  focus  of  elaboration 
is  in  the  second  sphere  in  its  lower  part,  the  mesen- 
teries. The  upper  part  of  this  sphere  has  the  heart 
and  lungs,  centers  of  distribution.  The  third  sphere 
includes  the  mouth  and  neck  above  and  the  internal 
sex-system  below.  The  fourth  sphere  includes  the 
external  organs  of  sex  below,  with  the  nose,  eye,  ear, 
and  base  of  the  brain  above.  The  upper  and  lower 
parts  of  each  of  these  spheres  balance  and  respond  to 
each  other.  The  fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh  spheres  are 
distincdy  marked  in  the  brain,  but  are  less  distinct 
in    the   lower   limbs. 

The  higher  and  lower  organs  have  a  certain  respon- 
sive resemblance  in  their  functions.  They  may  ex- 
change duties,  and  this  is  often  the  case.  Thus  Reason 
may  exchange  with  Color.  The  latter  gives  the  per- 
ception of  light,  and  we  say  that  we  reason  upon  a 
subject  to  throw  light  npon  it.  We  could  easily 
multiply   examples. 


SOLAR   MAN. 


101 


102  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

Sex-Polarity.  In  the  groups  of 
mental  faculties,  and  in  the  table  of 
departments,  the  first  in  each  triplet  is 
masculine  and  the  second  is  feminine. 
This  gives  us  the  pairs — Form  and 
Color,  Number  and  Language,  Memory 
and  Attention,  Reason  and  Inspiration,  Invention  and 
Truth,  Amity  and  Manners,  Faith  and  Love,  Hope  and 
Luxury,  Devotion  and  Fidelity,  Parenity  and  Rever- 
ence, Patriotism  and  Aurosense,  Appetite  and  Feeling, 
Dignity  and  Laudation,  Integrity  and  Industry,  Liberty 
and  Stability,  Defense  and  Economy,  Destruction  and 
Caution,   Aversion  and  Locomotion. 

As  a  result  of  this  sex-polarity  the  offices  and  labors 
in  the  new  social  order  are  all  dual.  Onehalf  are  assigned 
to  man  and  the  complementary  half  to  woman.  Thus 
woman  remains  as  distinctly  feminine  as  before. 

The  right  and  left  sides  are  slightly  polar  to  each 
other,   the  right  positive  and  the  left  receptive. 

The  Solar  Chart  will,  in  the  future,  take  the  place 
of  that  diagram  of  Astrology  long  familiar  to  the  public 
in  almanacs  and  entitled  ''The  Anatomy  of  Man's 
Body  as  Governed  by  the  Twelve  Signs  of  the  Zodiac. " 
Each  Season  of  the  Year,  each  of  the 
twelve  months,  has  influences  which  bear  more  specially 
upon  some  one  region  of  the  body  than  upon  the  rest. 
A  dim  conception  of  this  was  the  basis  of  the  ancient 
Astrology.  But  the  extreme  ignorance  of  man's  con- 
stitution led  those  ancients  into  many  errors.  Our 
chart  is  arranged  in  harmony  with  the  facts  of  science 
as  now  understood.  The  twelve  constellations  are  num- 
bered and  marked  by  their  signs,   on  the  margin. 


TWELVE   KINDS.  103 

Twelve  Kinds  of  People 
are  produced  by  the  changing  months 
of  the  year,  as  these  are  marked  off 
by  the  signs  of  the  zodiac.  Let  us 
now  study  these  characters  from  the 
Astro  Chart  of  Twelve  Houses,  com- 
paring this  with  the  maps  of  the  brain. 
"^  ^  These  latter  maps  show  that  the  natu- 

ral course  of  the  brain  currents  is  to  start  from  the 
group  of  Sensation  in  front  of  the  ear,  and  from  this 
the  currents  move  forward  and  upward  through  per- 
ception, memory  and  reason,  and  so  on  over  around 
the  back  of  the  head.  The  faculties  of  the  brain  thus 
form  a  complete  circuit.  At  every  step  the  fibres  are 
in  a  changed  direction,  and  therefore  a  changed  polarity. 
As  the  earth  moves  around  the  sun,  through  each 
month  the  polar  angles  change,  and  with  this  are 
changed  the  influence  of  the  sun's  heat,  light,  and 
magnetic  force.  We  all  know  that  summer  and  winter, 
spring  and  autumn,  each  affects  us  differently,  each 
awakens  its  own  train  of  thoughts  and  emotions.  It 
would  be  absurd  to  suppose  that  all  this  influence  is 
not  governed   by   a   regular   law   of  nature. 

The  month  in  which  a  person  is  born  gives  certain 
strong  natural  tendencies  to  the  character.  But  these  ten- 
dencies in  many  cases  are  overbalanced  by  other  strong 
influences  which  have  acted  during  the  person's  pre- 
natal life.  The  astral  influences  are  only  a  part  of 
those  forces  which  mold  us  into  shape.  We  must 
also  consider  the  time  of  conception.  For  with  many 
persons  the  influences  at  this  time  fix  the  whole  cast 
of  the   character  and   the   course   of   destiny.      These 


104  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

may  often  be  more  important  than  the  planetary  and 
astral  positions  at  birth.  And  this  is  more  apt  to  be 
the  case  with  persons  of  strongly  marked,  sharply 
accentuated  characters. 

In  the  following  descriptive  list  the  tribe  that 
belongs  to  each  zodiacal  sign  is  given.  Some  modern 
writers  have  assumed  that  the  tribes  of  Israel  were 
not  real  people  but  only  expressions  of  these  signs. 
If  such  writers  had  been  either  honest  or  fair  they 
would  have  given  the  twelve  tribes  as  the  Bible  places 
them  in  the  plan  of  the  New  Jerusalem.  See  Ezek. 
48th  chapter.  Instead  of  this  they  have  put  nine 
of  the  tribes  in  the  wrong  places  !  The  Bible  declares 
that  the  arrangement  it  gives  should  last  forever,  like 
the  stars  themselves.  In  the  Camp  in  the  Wilderness, 
the  tribes  had  an  entirely  different  arrangement.  See 
the  second  chapter  of  Numbers.  Nine  of  the  tribes 
had  symbols  which  were  different  from  the  signs  of 
the   zodiac. 

The  beginning  of  our  months  are  now  20  or  21 
days  behind  the  zodiacal  signs.  The  precession  of 
the  equinoxes  has  brought  this  about.  But  they 
should   have   been    kept   even. 

1st.  Aries,  Letters,  or  Memory.  Tribe  of  Gad. 
March  20th.  Aries,  or  the  ram,  rules  the  front  head 
and  face  in  the  body  as  a  whole,  as  marked  on  the 
Solar  Chart.  Hence  persons  born  under  this  influence 
are  apt  to  be  leaders,  to  stand  in  the  front  and  at  the 
head.  They  readily  acquire  knowledge  and  quickly 
see   the   practical    bearing   of  things. 

The  faculties  of  this  group  are  Attention,  Memory, 
and   Language.       They   are   at   the   front   end    of   the 


TWELVE    HOUSES. 


105 


106  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

major  axis,  the  line  of  forward  movement  in  the  brain. 
The  Aries  type  of  people  are  good  at  pushing  their 
way  in  the  world;   they  easily  overcome  obstacles. 

2nd.  Taurus,  Science.  Tribe  of  Asher. 
April  20th.  The  Taurus  elements  in  man  come  from 
the  neck  and  from  the  faculties  of  inspiration,  reason, 
synthesis,  and  invention,  in  the  group  of  science. 
These  people  in  their  mental  work  have  the  steady 
strength  of  calmness  and  the  solid  judgment  which 
considers  all  the  aspects  and  the  conditions  that 
belong  to  any  case.  In  all  directions,  the  Taurus 
people  have  reserved  force  and  stored  energy.  Hence 
they  always  seem  of  strong  will  and  tenacious  purpose. 
They  are  sincere  and  helpful  friends. 

With  Jupiter  in  Sagittarius  the  Taurenes  are  suc- 
cessful bankers,  brokers,  and  economists.  With 
Mercury  in  Taurus  they  become  great  lights  of  the 
scientific   world. 

3rd.  Gemini,  Culture.  Naphtali.  May  20th. 
In  the  body  of  man  Gemini  stands  for  the  arms  and 
hands,  the  instruments  of  all  work.  In  the  brain  this 
sign  includes  Culture,  the  faculties  of  reform,  truth, 
amity,  imitation,  and  kindness.  These  lie  on  the 
great  upward  and  forward  line  of  progress.  Gemini 
people  are  therefore  attracted  by  nature  to  reforms; 
they  love  new  things,  because  they  feel  the  vast 
possibilities   of  good   the   future   holds   in   store. 

They  can  not  be  tied  down  to  the  old  dull  routine  of 
work  and  thought;  they  chafe  in  the  ancient  leading 
strings.  Others  call  them  erratic  and  unstable,  when  they 
are  only  versatile  and  of  varied  tastes.  They  have  great 
power  of  adaptation  to  new  things  and  conditions. 


KINDS   OF   PEOPLE.  107 

4th.  Cancer,  Marriage.  Judah.  June  20th. 
The  ancient  tribe  of  Judah  has  come  down  to  us, 
united  with  Benjamin,  as  the  Jewish  people.  We 
know  them  as  intensely  conservative,  wedded  to  old 
ideas  and  forms,  and  very  exclusive  in  their  marriages. 
They  are  good  examples  of  Cancer  people,  except  that 
the  tribe  of  Benjamin  with  them  makes  them  wealth- 
lovers  and  money-getters.  Retentive  memories  usually 
go  with  this  sign,  and  the  thoughts  dwell  on  the 
past  rather  than  on  the  future.  These  people  are 
naturally  attracted  to  those  of  the  Taurus  sign,  with 
whom  they  seem  to  have  much  in  common. 

5th.  Leo,  Religion.  Levi.  July  20th.  We 
have  now  reached  the  highest  pole  of  the  minor  axis 
in  man.  The  sign  of  Leo  controls  the  heart,  the 
great  center  of  distributive  forces  in  the  body.  But 
the  heart  also  receives  the  returning  venous  blood, 
and  is  thus  receptive.  It  responds  to  the  wants  of 
every   part,  sending  the  blood  wherever  it   is   needed. 

The  religious  faculties,  faith,  philanthropy,  hope,^ 
and  enthusiasm,  form  the  high  balancing  pivot  of 
responsive  unity  in  our  mental  world.  Leo  people 
are  full  of  moral  energy  and  high  impulses.  They 
are  attractive,  magnetic,  and  make  their  presence 
widely  felt.  They  become  leaders  through  this  strong 
social   force   rather   than    through  ambition. 

6th.  Virgo,  Familism.  Reuben.  August 
20th.  On  the  Solar  Chart  we  see  that  Virgo  repre- 
sents the  Digestive  system,  and  at  the  center  of  this 
the  Stomach  and  Solaris  or  solar  plexus  hold  the 
keys  of  life.  But  a  part  of  these  organs  are  inti- 
mately concerned  in  the  work  of  gestation.     Therefore 


108  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

parental  and  filial  love  with  all  the  family  instincts 
belong  to  this  sign.  It  is  the  motherly,  conserving 
force,  gathering,  holding,  and  brooding.  It  does  this 
with  a  set  purpose,  for  the  sake  of  offspring  and  the 
family.  It  gives  as  freely  as  Leo,  but  it  is  for  special 
ends,  for  the  upbuilding  of  those  in  the  charmed  circle 
of  the  home.  Hence  the  intellectual  characteristic  of 
Virgo  is  discrimination,  seeing  exactly  what  belongs 
to  each  one  it  deals  with.  This  power  of  analysis 
gives  to  Virgo  people  a  clearness  of  statement  and 
purity    of  language. 

7th.  Libra,  Rulership.  Joseph.  September 
21st.  The  sign  of  Libra  is  connected  in  the  body 
both  with  the  kidneys  and  with  the  shoulders.  Through 
the  middle  of  the  back  it  gives  the  will  power  to 
sustain  the  work  of  Virgo  in  front.  The  first,  and 
at  present  the  oldest,  form  of  government  was  the 
patriarchal;  the  ruler  was  the  grand  head  of  the 
family. 

Libra  persons  are  upright,  just,  fair,  and  aspiring. 
They  rule  through  these  qualities  and  not  through 
brute  force  or  policy.  This  central  strength  of  char- 
acter makes  them  peace-makers  and  reconcilers  in  the 
affairs  of  others.  They  find  themselves  in  the  position 
of  leaders  without  seeking  it;  they  secure  respect 
without  making   any   demands. 

8th.  Scorpio,  Labor.  Tribe  of  Dan.  Octo- 
ber 20th.  In  giving  the  meaning  of  this  sign  we  are 
obliged  to  differ  from  the  old  astrologers.  We  cannot 
make  their  meanings  fit  modern   science. 

These  Scorpio  people  are  hardy,  bold,  and  strong. 
They   work    with   vigor   and   persistence.       They   love 


SOLAR    MEN.  109 

liberty  and  justice,  and  are  apt  to  do  that  which  will 
stir  things  up;  they  take  hold  by  the  rough  handle. 
They  become  active  leaders  in  social  revolutions,  for 
the  great  struggles  for  justice  and  right  satisfy  the 
strong  elements  in  their  characters.  They  do  not  fight 
from   the  mere  fondness  for  combat. 

Scorpio  does  not  govern  the  reproductive  system 
except  by  being  connected  with  its  muscles.  Nor  is 
this  at  all  the  season  of  the  year  when  the  sex  attrac- 
tions are   strong  in  the  lower   animals. 

9th.  Sagitta,  \Vealth.  Benjamin.  Novem- 
ber 20th.  Benjamin  is  a  wolf;  *'in  the  morning  he 
will  go  up  to  the  prey  and  at  night  he  will  divide 
the  spoil."  The  people  of  this  sign  are  good  fighters, 
and  will  insist  upon  their  rights.  Yet  their  tempers 
are  easier  to  get  along  with  than  are  those  of  Scorpio. 

These  people  shoot  straight  to  the  mark;  they 
strike  hard  and  quick.  As  a  rule  they  are  clear, 
direct,  and  decisive  in  their  ideas  and  movements. 
They  push  and  drive;  they  seize  time  by  the  forelock. 

10th.  Capricorn,  Commerce.  Issachar. 
December  20th.  The  sign  of  Capricorn  belongs  to 
both  the  hips  and  the  knees;  it  governs  locomotion. 
The  restless,  turbulent  goat  is  a  good  type  of  these 
characters;  they  must  always  be  on  the  move.  The 
great  road-builders,  the  civil  engineers  and  explorers 
find  their  genial  place  in  this  sign.  Here  too  we 
find  many  hewers  of  wood  and  drawers  of  water, 
servants  of  all  work,  stooping  down  between  two 
burdens,  like  the  ass  which  was  the  symbol  of  Issachar. 

The  people  of  this  sign  are  good  walkers,  they  are 
sure-footed  like  the  goat,  and  they  love  to  climb  and 


110  THE   BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

occupy  eminences  in  the  social  world.  These  people 
are  not  easily  discouraged;  they  make  the  best  of 
everything,  and  with  them  a  little  will  go  a  great  way. 

11th.  Aquarius,  The  Home.  Zebulon. 
January  20th.  This  group  is  at  the  lower  end  of 
the  minor  axis,  and  thus  it  gives  us  pivotal  charac- 
ters, men  who  stand  as  strong  pillars  in  the  temple 
of  humanity.  This  is  the  home  of  those  who  are 
quiet,  patient,  and  faithful  in  their  mental  and  moral 
work.  They  toil  steadily  and  without  noise;  they 
are  unobtrusive,  and  finally  all  the  world  wonders 
that  they  accomplished  so  much.  When  they  become 
very  learned  they  still  use  very  simple  language  with 
a  clearness  of  statement  that  a  child  can   understand. 

This  group  of  Sensation  is  at  the  base  of  all 
intellectual  work,  and  so  these  people  go  to  the 
foundations  in  their  studies  and  reasonings;  they  build 
upon   the   rock   of  ages. 

12th.  Pisces,  Arts.  Simeon.  February  20th. 
The  house  of  Pisces  completes  the  circuit.  In  the 
body  it  ends  in  the  feet.  The  perceptive  faculties 
form  this  sign,  so  it  includes  form,  size,  weight, 
locality,  order,  color,  and  number.  These  are  the 
basis  of  the  arts.  This  sign  gives  order  and  precis- 
ion, a  good  deal  of  technical  skill  and  a  desire  to 
see  everything  completed  if  it  is  once  undertaken. 
They  not  only  finish  their  own  work,  but  they  have 
a  talent  for  finishing. the  work  which  others  may  have 
left   in   an   incomplete   state. 

This  sign  is  good  for  artists,  actors,  dramatic 
teachers,  and  readers,  wherever  finish  and  complete- 
ness  of  external   expression   is   required. 


INFLUENCE   OF    PLANETS.  Ill 

The  constitution  and  the  influence  of  each  planet 
is  obviously  different  from  that  of  the  others.  In 
the  chart  of  the  Microcosm,  the  signs  of  the  planets 
are  marked  on  the  body  on  those  parts  which  are 
under  their  respective   influences. 

The  Domestic  or  home  group  of  faculties  stands 
in  responsive  sympathy  with  the  earth;  the  group  ot 
Art  with  the  moon;  Letters  with  Neptune;  Science 
with  the  Pleiades;  Culture  with  Mercury;  Marriage 
with  Venus;  Religion  with  the  Sun;  Familism  with 
Uranus;  Rulership  with  Jupiter;  Labor  with  Mars; 
Wealth  with  the  Asteroids;  and  Commerce  with  Saturn. 

We  will  give  a  more  definite  statement  of  the 
influences  which  Astrologers  believe  that  the  planets 
exert  upon  human  life.  Mercury  gives  quickness, 
intensity,  mobility,  activity  of  intellect,  and  tendency 
to  literary  or  mercantile   pursuits,    and  to   oratory. 

Venus  stimulates  the  affections,  gives  warmth  of 
love   and   physical    harmony. 

Luna,  or  the  moon,  gives  romance,  sentiment, 
idealism,    love   of  changes   and   travel. 

Mars  gives  courage,  resistance,  hardihood,  love  of 
contest  and  war.  It  makes  the  intellect  cool,  calcu- 
lating,   and   selfish. 

Jupiter  excites  ambition,  honor,  aspiration,  religion, 
high-mindedness,   and   love   of  ceremony. 

Saturn  gives  selfishness,  sombreness,  secrecy,  cau- 
tion,  prudence,   solitude,   and   tendency  to  agriculture. 

Uranus  shows  spiritual  powers,  energy,  labor,  and 
a   practical   character. 

Neptune  influences  us  toward  morality,  firmness, 
coldness,    steadiness,    and   travels. 


112  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

Spiritual  Sun.  The  sun  occupies 
one  focus  in  the  great  ellipse  of  our 
system.  In  the  other  focus  the  telescope 
shows  us  nothing.  But  the  law  of  the 
ellipse  requires  that  this  focus  should  also  be  a  center 
from  which  forces  radiate.  Science  would  therefore 
declare  that  in  this  focus  we  are  to  find  the  great 
Spiritual  Sun  of  our  system,  the  resplendent  center  of 
its  spiritual  life  and  celestial  forces.  When  the  earth 
attains  its  complete  spiritual  atmosphere,  that  most 
glorious  of  the  two  great  lights  of  heaven  will  be 
fully   visible   to   man. 

Solar  Cycles.  The  revolutions  of  the  earth, 
the  moon,  and  the  sun  have  a  direct  and  well  marked 
effect  not  only  on  the  physical  growth  and  life  of 
plants  and  animals,  but  also  upon  the  social  or  historic 
life  of  men.  The  great  events  on  the  dial  plates  of 
history  synchronize  with  these  cosmical  revolutions. 

Important  cycles  are  the  day,  month,  year;  315 
years,   630;    1260;   and  2520  years. 

Spiritual  Atmosphere.  Through  the  radiated 
nerve-force  we  actually  impart  somewhat  of  our  own 
being  to  everything  we  touch.  And  in  turn  we  as 
constantly  receive  from  the  force  left  by  others. 

The  presence  of  a  large  number  of  the  wise  and 
good  in  any  locality  fills  the  place  with  a  nerve-sphere 
of  light  which  may  last  for  years.  Such  a  luminous 
mental  sphere  is  highly  favorable  to  clearness  of  thought 
and  social  harmony.  It  is  a  part  of  human  destiny 
to  surround,  in  this  way,  the  whole  earth  with  the 
living  glory  of  truth  and  love,  its  true  and  final 
spiritual    atmosphere. 


DATES    AND    FEA: 


Our  Dates  begin  at 
the  time  when  we  think 
that  Adam  and  Eve  were 
created,  as  the  ancestors 
of  the  present  white  race. 
That  would  be  5884  years 
before  the  date  of  this 
writing,  1884  of  the  com- 
mon era.  It  may  be  im- 
possible to  fix  the  date  of 
their  creation  with  cer- 
tainty, but  we  needed  a  point  reaching  sufficiently  far 
back  to  include  ail  the  authentic  dates  and  periods 
of  history.  It  was  both  unnatural  and  awkward  to 
commence  at  the  Christian  Era,  or  at  any  other 
middle  term,  and  then  count  and  date  both  back- 
ward and  forward.  By  our  method  now  all  dates 
are  given  in  years  of  the  world  A.  M.,  Anno  Mundi. 
We  Begin  the  Year  exactly  at  the  Vernal 
equinox,  falling  on  or  near  the  21st  of  March.  This 
is  a  natural  point  of  transition.  We  make  this  the 
beginning  of  the  first  month.  As  each  of  the  twelve 
months  has  exactly  thirty  days,  this  leaves  five  or 
six  Trans-days  at  the  end  of  the  year.  These  days 
are  occupied  in  summing  up  the  yearly  accounts,  in 
the  assumption  of  office  by  those  who  have  been  newly 
elected,   and  for  other  annual  changes. 

Our  New  Year's  Feast  corresponds  to  the 
Passover  of  the  Israelites.  The  next  in  importance  is 
the  Autumnal  feast  on  the  21st  of  September.  The 
two  lesser  feasts  are  at  the  solstices,  now  the  21st  of 
June  and  of  December. 


114 


THE   BOOK    OF    LIFE. 


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BenjamiTv 


JUDAK' 

or  Jews 


Hguben. ^Joseph. 


The  Great  Ideals 
of  the  Bible  include 
the  Tree  of  Life  with 
twelve  kinds  of  fruit;  a 
Chosen  Nation  in  twelve 
tribes  which  is  finally  re- 
stored and  becomes  a 
model  for  all  nations;  a 
Kingdom  of  universal 
righteousness  to  be  estab- 
lished by  the  Messiah; 
the  New  Jerusalem  as  the 
capital  of  this  Kingdom; 
a  New  Covenant  with  its  laws  in  the  constitution  of 
man;  a  Spiritual  birth  or  the  opening  of  the  spiritual 
senses;  with  the  Atonement  or  spiritual  healing;  and 
the  Resurrection  or  restoration  of  life  on  the  earth. 
To  explain  these  ideals  or  doctrines  is  to  explain 
the  Bible.  The  Christians  have  all  regarded  these 
as  mysteries.  The  discoveries  of  science  alone  have 
given   a   consistent   explanation. 

15 


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zebulon.  Issachat 

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116  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 


THH    PHOPHECIES. 

This  earth  shall  be  redeemed  for  the  abode  of  man. 

See  Isaiah  65th,  17  to  19.— Isa.  46th,  17, 18  — Isa.  Slet,  3.— Dan.  2nd, 
84  to  86.— Zech.  14th,  9.— Hab.  2nd,  14.— Rev.  7th,  13  to  17. —Rev.  2l8t, 
1,  2.— Kzek.  86th,  84  to  36.— Micah  4th,  1  to  4.— lea.  4l8t,  15  to  20.— Isa. 
60th,  15  to  21.— Isa.  61st,  1  to  11. 

2.  Universal  truth,  peace,  and  justice  shall  reign. 

See  Isa.  2nd,  1  to  4.— Dan.  6th,  27.— Genesis  17th,  6.— Gen.  18th,  18.— 
Isa.  25th,  7.  ,.  ,         .       . 

3.  Man  shall  attain  health,  immortality,  and  perfection 
on  this  earth. 

See  Isa.  25th,  6  to  8.— Isa.  65th,  20  to  25.— Matt.  5th,  48. 

4.  One  standard  of  Truth  shall  prevail  and  destroy  all 
mysteries  in  science,  religion  and  life. 

See  Isa.  25,  6  to  8;  35,  5,  8,  9;  60, 19,  20;  Rev.  17, 1  to  18;  10,  7. 

5.  The  Nation  of  Israel  shall  be  restored  to  Palestine. 
See  Ezek.  87,  15  to  28.— I?a.  10th,  20,  21.— Isa.  11th,  11  to  IS.— Isa. 

14th,  1.— Isa.  19th,  24.— Isa.  24th,  13,  15.— Isa.  25th,  7.— Isa.  27th,  6, 12, 
18.— Isa.  34th,  16, 17.-l8a.  85th,  1  to  10.— Isa.  40th,  1  to  81.— Isa.  4l8t, 
g,  14.— Isa.  42nd,  1  to  25.— Isa.  48rd,  5.— Isa.  44th,  21, 26.— Isa.  45th,  17.— 
Isa.  46th,  3.— Isa.  48th,  21.— Isa.  49th,  6.— Isa.  54th,  5.— Isa.  66th,  8.— Isa. 
60th,  1  to  22.— Isa.  63rd,  7.— Isa.  65th,  9,  26 —Isa.  66th,  20.— Jeremiah 
3rd,  14,  17, 18.— Jer.  5th,  18.— Jer.  12th.  13, 15.— Jer.  16th,  14,  16.— (Jer. 
23d,  5  to  8.)— Jer.  30th,  3  to  21.- Jer.  82nd,  37.— Jer.  33rd,  7,  17.— Jer. 
46th,  27.— Jer.  50th,  19,  33.— Ezek.  11th,  17.~Ezek.  l«th,  60.— Ezek. 
34th,  12,— Ezek.  36th,  10,  14,  24,  28.— Ezek.  39th,  25,  26.— Ezek.  48th,  1 
to  35.— Obadiah,  17  to  20.— Hos.  1st,  10.  11.— Hosea  3rd,  4,  6.— Amos 
9th,  14.— Zeph.  3rd,  13.— Zechariah  8tli,  3,  13.— Zech.  9ih,  13.— Zech. 
10th,  5.  Zech.  12th,  7.-Joel  3rd,  17  to  21.— Ezek.  5th,  5.- Jer.  80th,  18. 
—Ezek.  36th,  36. 

6.  "Israel"  meant  Twelve  Tribes  ruled  by  12  Princes, 
and  it  does  not  mean  any  Christian  Church. 

See  Genesis  49th,  1  to  28.— Numbers  1st,  4  to  16.— Nnm.  7th,  1  to  78. 
-Num.  34th,  17  to29.— Exod.  6th,  14.— Josh.  3rd,  12.— Josh.  22nd,  14.— 
£.  Chron.  5th,  3  to  8.— I.  Chron.  23rd,  2.— I.  Chron.  28th,  1.— I.  Chron. 
13th,  1,  2.— II.  Chron.  10th.  2.--Ezra  10th,  8.— See,  also,  Kitto's  History 
of  the  Bible,  pp.  157  to  159;— Ewald's  Hist,  of  Israel,  pp.  362  to  370,— 
Judges  5th,  14,  and  8th,  12.~*MaUTvcw  IHK  4^. 

7.  The  New  Covenant  is  not  the  old  Mosaic  Law 

See  Jeremiah  3l8t;  27  to  40.— Isa.  28th,  14  to  21.— Rev.  21st.  5.— Isa. 
59th,  20.  21.— Jer.  33rd,  40. 

8.  The  "Gospel"  relates  to  this  Kingdom,  and  means 
one  Government,  one  Language,  and  one  Brotherhood, 
for  all  the  Nations. 

See  Dan.  7th,  13, 14.— Zeph.  3rd,  9.— Haggai,  2nd,  6,  7.— Matt.  6th,  17 
to  19.— Matt.  19th,  16  to  21.— John  14th,  15.— Mai.  2nd,  10.— Mai.  3rd,  12. 
—Dan.  7th,  27.— Ezek.  47th,  22,  23.— Isa.  2nd,  2.— 60th,  8,  5. 

9.  The  last  Battle  shall  destroy  the  Beast  in  Man. 

See  Ezek.  39th,  1  to  23.— Rev.  19th,  11  to  21.— Isa.  68th,  8  to  12.  The 
alK)ve  cited  verses,  numbering  more  than  four  hundred,  remain  un- 
fulfilled in  this  year  1881  of  the  Christian  Era.  The  Messians  look  for 
the  entire  fulfillment,  beginning  in  the  present  age. 


TRIBES    OF    ISRAEL.  117 

Both  Ezekiel  and  John  describe  the  New  Jerusalem 
as  occupied  by  the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel.  The  former 
tells  us  in  his  last  chapter  where  each  tribe  was  to  be 
placed.  These  places  are  correcdy  given  in  our 
diagram   plan   of  the  City. 

Each  Tribe  was  the  Type  of  a  Truth. 
For  each  was  marked  off  from  the  others  by  distinct 
traits  of  character,  by  the  predominance  of  a  special 
group  of  mental  faculties.  They  thus  represented  the 
various  types  of  character  necessary  to  fill  the  twelve 
departments  in  a  model  government.  But  these  were 
never  carried  out  in  the  ancient  government  of  Israel. 
They  were  only  a  promise  of  what  should  be.  These 
distinctions  are  set  forth  in  the  blessings  pronounced  by 
Jacob  on  his  twelve  sons,  as  given  in  the  49th  chapter  of 
Genesis,  and  that  of  Moses  in  the  33rd  of  Deuteronomy. 
These  traits  of  the  tribes  are  dwelt  upon  and  emphasized 
by  such  Jewish  historians  as  Ewald,  Kitto,  and  others. 

*'  The  measure  of  the  City  is  the  measure  of  a  man." 
Let  us  lay  the  plan  of  the  City  on   the  human  head. 
Then  we  see  that  each  tribe  is  placed  over  that  group  of 
faculties  in  the  brain  which  corresponds  to  the  traits  of 
character  which  belonged  to  that  tribe. 

In  the  New  Social  Order,  when  we  select  members  for 
each  department  whose  characters  adapt  them  to  its 
special  employments,  then  we  are  in  reahty  ''Sealing 
them  in  Twelve  Tribes, ' '  as  the  prophets  foretold  in  the 
Old  Testament  and  in  the  book  of  Revelation.  Is  this 
man  deeply  religious  and  devoted  ?  Then  he  is  a  Levite, 
and  must  go  into  that  department.  Is  that  man  ruled 
by  ambition  and  fond  of  display  ?  Then  he  belongs  to 
the  tribe  of  Joseph   and  the  department  of  Rulership. 


118  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

The  Levites  were  the  most  religious  of  all  the  tribes.  The 
priesthood  and  the  service  of  the  temple  was  their  allotment. 
Look  at  the  diagram  and  you  will  see  that  their  place  in  the 
City  is  directly  where  the  religious  faculties  are  located  in 
the  brain. 

The  work  carried  on  in  the  department  of  Wealth  requires 
large  organs  of  defence  and  economy  in  its  members.  That 
makes  them  like  the  Benjaminites,  and  this  tribe  was  located 
over  the  group  of  wealth.  *'  Benjamin  is  a  wolf,  seeking  spoil 
and  combat." 

The  half  tribes  of  Joseph,  that  is  Ephraim  and  Manasseh, 
towered  above  all  the  rest  in  ambition.  On  these  faculties  of 
the  brain  Joseph  finds  his  place. 

Dan  shall  cry  for  Justice,  as  his  name  portends;  he  shall 
toil  in  the  group  of  Labor,  where  his  place  is. 

Crouching  down  between  two  burdens,  the  "hired  ass," 
Issachar  shall  rest  in  the  group  of  Commerce,  where  the  prophet 
places  him. 

A  tiller  of  the  soil,  a  lover  of  sense  and  of  the  pleasures  of 
home,  how  could  Zebulon  be  better  placed  than  on  the  Home 
department  ? 

The  artists  of  Israel  were  Simeonites,  and  on  the  department 
of  Art  has  prophetic  foresight  given  Simeon  his  location. 

A  troop,  a  troop  cometh !  It  is  the  tribe  of  Gad,  bearing  the 
myriad  facts  of  history  for  the  department  of  Letters,  where  he 
was  assigned. 

The  iron  shod  and  brass  mounted  engines  of  science  bring 
royal  dainties  from  every  land,  and  well  was  Asher  located  over 
the  group  of  Science,  for  these  were  his  identity  marks. 

Bland  words  and  pleasant  manners  graced  the  swift-footed 
Naphtali,  and  rightly  was  he  placed  on  the  group  of  Culture, 
where  these  belong. 

Let  Judah's  teeth  be  white  with  milk;  let  him  drink  the 
fragrant  wine  of  marriage,  and  not  mix  its  cup  with  the  blood  of 
gentiles. 

May  Reuben  "  see  many  sons,"  for  the  seer  hath  placed  him 
in  the  group  of  Familism. 


THE    HOLY    CITY. 


119 


120  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

If  we  turn  to  the  "  Measure  of  Man,"  as  described, 
page  94,  we  shall  see  that  a  scale  of  twelve  angles, 
arranged  precisely  in  the  order  of  the  twelve  parts  of  the 
New  Jerusalem,  is  the  only  scale  that  will  measure  the 
human  head.  A  scale  of  twelve  times  twelve  squares  will 
measure  the  entire  human  form.  It  is  true,  as  the  angel 
said,  that '  'the  measure  of  the  City  is  the  measure  of  man. ' ' 

Jesus  chose  twelve  apostles,  giving  as  a  reason  that 
they  were  to  "sit  upon  twelve  thrones  and  rule  the  twelve 
tribes  of  Israel."  See  Mathew  19th  chapter,  verse  28. 
We  know  that  each  tribe  always  had  its  own  prince,  and 
these  ruled  under  the  king.  If  the  Messiah  was  to 
gather  and  restore  the  twelve  tribes,  then  he  must  have 
twelve  princes  to  preside  over  them.  The  twelve 
apostles,  therefore,  stood  for  the  twelve  fundamental 
truths  and  departments  of  the  Messianic  kingdom.  The 
duties  of  each  apostle  were  unlike  the  duties  of  the 
others.  He  must  preside  over  people  with  deiffrent 
characters  and  pursuits.  Yet  since  the  time  of  Christ 
history  tells  us  that  no  Christian  church  has  ever  had 
twelve  officers  to  represent  these  twelve  basic  truths  and 
divisions  of  employment !  No  church  has  built  upon  the 
twelve  foundations  which  their  Master  proposed.  There- 
fore no  church  was  really  entitled  to  use  his  name. 
Neither  can  any  of  those  churches  now  take  the  lead  in 
fulfilling  the  great  Bible  prophecies. 

The  Christians  believe  and  say  they  have  "accepted 
Christ."  But  Christ  stood  for  all  these  twelve  basic 
truths;  else  his  kingdom  and  its  magnificent  symbols 
were  only  hollow  mockeries. 

The  prophecies  which  foretell  a  kingdom  of  universal 
righteousness  and  peace  cover  many  chapters  and  verses, 


LOST    TRIE 

as  we  may  see  from  the  table  of  refe^frwci^^irfn^'ffie  116th 
page.  But  only  a  few  verses  were  given  to  the  Messiah, 
the  founder  of  that  kingdom.  These  verses  say  that  he 
should  be  King  David,  resurrected,  Ezekiel  34th,  24; 
37th,  24;  Jeremiah  30th,  9;  and  Rosea  3rd,  4,  5.  He 
shall  be  the  ruler  Joseph,  Isaiah  11th,  11-16;  the  El 
Geber,  or  Strong  Man,  Isaiah  9th,  6,  7.  See  also  Isaiah 
32nd,  1  to  18;  63rd,  1  to  6;  Ezekiel  34th,  23,  25;  37th, 
22,  25;  Jeremiah  31st,  27  to  40.  The  prophets  do  not 
say  that  the  Messiah  should  perform  miracles.  But  he 
was  to  use  Wisdom  and  Science,  the  "Logos,"  to 
establish  the  new  order  of  life.  And  this  order  will 
begin  in  a  small  and  quiet  way,  "like  a  grain  of  mustard 
seed"  or  a  small  "stone  cut  out  of  the  mountain,"  but 
it  will  increase  until  it  fills  the  whole  earth. 

In  the  year  976  B.  C.  ten  of  the  twelve  tribes  of 
Israel  revolted  and  set  up  the  separate  kingdom  or 
"House"  of  Israel.  It  was  also  called  Ephraim,  because 
that  half  tribe  took  the  lead.  The  two  tribes  of  Judah 
and  Benjamin,  with  some  of  Levi,  remained  together  as 
the  House  or  Kingdom  of  Judah.  Afterwards  they 
became  known  as  Jews,  as  they  are  now. 

The  ten  tribes  were  carried  away  captive  to  Syria  in 
721  B.  C.  They  never  returned,  but  gave  up  their 
religion  and  language  and  are  spoken  of  as  the  "Lost 
Tribes"  and  "Lost  Sheep." 

The  Jews  were  carried  captive  to  Babylon  586  B.  C. 
Seventy  years  later  they  were  returned  under  the  procla- 
mation of  Cyrus. 

We  know  the  Jews  to  day,  but  what  became  of  the 
lost  tribes?  Many  students  of  history  believe  that  the 
Anglo-Saxons  in  England  and  America,  with  the  Norse 


122  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

nations,  are  these  lost   tribes.       For  they  have  exactly 
fulfilled  what  the  prophets  had  foretold  of  lost  Israel. 

One  hundred  and  seventy-six  verses  of  the  prophets 
assert  that  people  from  all  of  the  twelve  tribes 
shall  return  to  Palestine  and  make  that  a  central  and 
model  nation.  Oaly  one-fifth  part  of  the  new  nation 
will  be  Jews,  if  the  prophecies  are  true.  Palestine  could 
sustain  twenty  millions  of  people. 

Religion  is  the  Keystone  in  the  arch  of 
society.  It  is  at  the  upper  end  of  the  minor  axis,  the 
line  of  balance  for  all  the  faculties.  The  Soul,  our 
spiritual  nature,  extends  through  every  faculty  of  the 
brain,  through  every  part  and  tissue  of  the  body.  Our 
spiritual  wants,  therefore,  extend  through  all  these. 
Hence  the  scope  of  religion  must  be  twelve  fold  in  order 
to  supply  these  wants. 

All  of  the  organs  of  the  brain  work  together  through 
common  centers.  Religion  and  Rulership,  Art  and 
Commerce,  Science  and  Labor,  all  have  the  same  two 
centers  of  unity.  We  have  no  right  to  separate  Religion 
from  the  other  interests  and  work  of  society. 

Altruistic  Law.  In  the  true  and  natural  action 
of  the  social  organs,  their  nerve  force  flows  out  from  one 
person  to  another  as  its  object,  and  is  then  answered  by 
a  returning  current  from  the  latter  person.  Thus,  when 
I  exercise  my  Friendship,  the  current  flows  from  this 
organ  to  my  friend,  and  from  his  organ  of  Friendship  a 
returning  current  flows  to  me.  On  the  other  hand,  only 
four  organs,  and  these  are  all  low  ones,  have  self  as  the 
first  object  upon  which  their  actions  terminate.  Our 
high  and  true  life  must  flow  through  that  of  others. 
We  can  maintain  it  only  by  perpetual  interchange.     We 


CONCLUSION.  123 

must  look  out  and  not  in.  The  members  of  a  harmonic 
society  must  be  as  vitally  related  to  each  other  as  are  the 
parts  of  our  physical  organism. 

If  we  are  selfish  and  seek  to  draw  everything  to  our- 
selves, we  must  of  necessity  contract  our  minds  and  our 
pleasures.  Selfishness  defeats  itself  Expansion  of  the 
mind  means  outward  growth,  and  this  law  explains  its 
method.  To  give  is  the  w^ay  to  live.  Through  the 
social  law  which  we  are  discussing,  all  humanity  is  made 
one,  and  we  receive  the  full  benefit  of  its  common  growth 
and  advancement. 

The  spiritual  constitution  of  man  has  the  same  facul- 
ties, with  the  same  laws  of  action,  after  the  death  of  the 
body  that  it  had  before.  But  the  messages  from  disem- 
bodied humans  do  not  solve  the  great  problems  of  life, 
existence  and  harmony.  The  work  of  solving  these 
problems  and  of  developing  the  external  forms  of  truth 
does  not  belong  to  the  province  of  inspiration  but  to  that 
of  science.  And  this  work  must  therefore  be  done  by 
man  while  in  this  physical  state  of  existence.  We  are 
spiritual  beings  now,  while  in  the  body,  and  our  spiritual 
relations  to  each  other  here  are  as  vitally  important  to 
our  happiness  as  our  relations  to  those  who  are  disem- 
bodied. The  faculty  of  Inspiration  is  permanent  in  the 
brain.  And  our  communion  with  the  angelic  beings 
will  become  a  normal  and  common  part  of  human  expe- 
rience in  the  age  of  maturity.  This  will  still  leave 
science  and  art  as  the  natural  instruments  through  which 
man  must  establish  the  reign  of  universal  happiness. 


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124  THE    BOOK    OF    LIFE. 

SUMMARY  OF  CONTENTS. 

Seven  Great  Civilizations,  page  4.  Institutions  Based  on 
Wants,  8.  Model  of  Society,  9-  The  Receptum,  15.  Sex  in 
Office,  pages  15  and  102.  Table  of  Departments,  18.  Founda- 
tions, 19.  The  Perfect  City,  20.  Plan  of  Salema,  21.  The 
Temple,  23.  Symphonies,  25.  Marriage,  26.  Names,  27.  Tree 
of  Life,  30.  Nervous  System,  31.  Brain  Currents,  37.  Brain 
Working,  40.  Beauty  and  Truth,  43.  Laws  of  Gesture,  45 
Palmistry,  49.  The  Face,  55.  Table  of  Faculties,  58.  Com 
plete  Education,  59.  Nature  of  Space,  66.  Time  is  Motion,  66, 
Cause  and  Effect,  68.  Forms  of  Truth,  69.  Sacred  Numbers, 
page  70.  Universal  Language,  71.  Spirit  and  Matter,  73 
Brain  Waves,  76.  Chart  of  Vibrations,  77.  Nerve  Spheres,  78. 
Colors  of  Nerve-force,  81.  Precious  Stones,  83.  Philosophy  of 
Healing,  84.  Nature  of  Sacrifices,  87.  Length  of  Life,  88. 
Future  of  the  Earth,  90.  Chart  of  Equators,  93.  Measure  of 
Man,  94.  Vital  Centers,  96.  Physical  Responses,  96.  Mental 
Chords,  98.  Polar  Sides,  99.  Seven  Spheres,  100.  Solar 
Chart,  loi.  Sex-Polarity,  102.  Seasons,  102.  Twelve  Kinds 
of  People,  pages  103  to  no.  Astro-Chart,  105.  Influence  of 
Planets,  III.  Spiritual  Sun,  112.  Solar  Cycles,  112.  Spiritual 
Atmosphere,  112.  Dates  and  Feasts,  113.  Ideals  of  the  Bible, 
page  115.  The  Prophecies,  116.  The  Twelve  Tribes,  pages  117 
and  118.  New  Jerusalem,  119.  Apostles  and  Christ,  120.  Lost 
Tribes,  121.     Religion  the  Keystone,  123. 

On  page  6,  end  of  4th  line  from  bottom,  take  out ''  for." 
In  fourth  paragraph  on  page  30  read  "  perpetual." 
The  following  should  be  the  second  paragraph  on  page  64: 
*^  The  youth  now  makes  a  choice  of  some  trade  or  employment, 
and,  taking  up  the  special  and  elaborate  studies  which  belong  to 
it,  he  follows  these  until  his  graduation  at  twenty-one.  During 
these  years,  he  is  under  the  direct  practical  instruction  of  teach- 
ers, who  are  masters  in  his  chosen  employment.  It  will  be 
observed  that  this  system  applies,  and  is  alike  adapted,  to  both 
sexes." 


THE    HARMONIST    CHURCH. 


Bands. 


The  Harmonist  Church 

is  the  great  school  of 
preparation  for  the  new 
social  order  as  de- 
scribed in  the  Book  of 
Life.  Its  officers  form 
part  of  the  full  list 
required  in  the  com- 
pleted social  organism. 
2.  In  harmony  with 
the  laws  of  evolution, 
a  church  may  com- 
mence with  only  three 
officers,  the  Pastor, 
Recorder,  and  Econo- 
mist. But  it  is  best 
to  have  the  list  as 
given  in  this  table. 
The  first  in  each  pair  is  a  man  and  the 
second  is  a  woman.  The  times  of  election 
are  given   in  the  first  part  of    this  book,   pages  14  and   15. 

PASTOR— Presiding,  Rites,  and  Relief. 
Matron — Grouping,  Marriages,  and  Heredity. 
Mai'Hhal — Order,  Messages,  and  Marches. 

Recorder — Records,  Music,  Publishing. 
Costumist — Designs,  Costume,  Decorations. 

Receptor— Receptions,  Reform,  the  Drama. 
Seeress — Inspiration,  Social  Science,  Symbolism. 

Conductor— Schools,  Children,  Festivals. 
Sanatist— Health,  House,  and  Temperance. 

Justice — Employment,  Judgment,  Equity. 
Elector — Elections,  Training,  Displays. 

Engineer — Travel,  Buildings,  Work. 
Economist — Stores,  Expenses,  Exchanges. 

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*ij'5>iW« 


3.  In  each  county  one 
church  is  chosen  as  the 
pivot  through  which  the 
rest  may  act.  Its  Pastor 
and  Matron  are  called 
Dean  and  Deaness.  And 
so  in  the  State,  where 
these  are  called  Rector 
and  Rectoress,  and  in  the 
Nation  where  they  are 
called  Primate  and  Pri- 
matess.  In  the  Interna- 
tion  these  are  called  the 
Prince  and  Princess. 

4.  The  pivotal  churches 
may  ordain  Mission  Pas- 
tors and  Matrons  for  the 
work  of  teaching  and  or- 
ganizing.    These   may 

have  the  rank  of  Dean,  Pastor,  or  Primate.     Thus  each  pivotal 
church  may  have  mission  pastors  as  well  as  pastors  in  charge. 

5.  The  Board  of  Trustees  and  Directors  includes  the 
Pastor,  Marshal,  Recorder,  Costumist,  Sanatist,  Conductor, 
and  Economist.  These  have  a  general  care  of  the  collective 
property. 

6.  The  Church  includes  three  Bands,  as  show^n  in  the 
initial  diagram.  The  Culture  band  is  led  by  the  Conductor, 
and  the  Pearl  band  by  the  Sanatist.  The  Culture  bands  hold 
a  meeting  during  the  week  as  well  as  on  Sundays.  The  Pearl 
and  Culture  band  form  the  Sunday  school,  organized  for  the 
purpose  of  cultivating  the  twelve  virtues  in  a  systematic  way. 

7.  In  the  transition  steps  from  the  form  of  the  church  to 
that  of  the  complete  social  organism,  each  individual  church 
has  simply  to  add  the  other  twenty-six  officers  to  its  list 
as  shown  in  the  Model  of  Society.  It  then  ceases  to  be  a 
church  and  organizes  the  twelve  departments  in  a  definite 
manner. 

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